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Even Googlesa国际传媒 AI service Gemini doesn鈥檛 seem to know why Google maps show provincial parks in the Okanagan, and scores more across Canada, as being 鈥榮tate parks鈥.听
In fact, Gemini seems unaware of the whole brouhaha developing over the mislabeling of the parks.听
鈥淚 don鈥檛 see anything about why Google maps show provincial parks as state parks, but the Okanagan Basin Water Board meeting minutes mention that Black Mountain Regional Park is near sa国际传媒,鈥 Gemini responded when asked.听
On Google Maps, popular provincial parks such as Bear Creek near sa国际传媒, Okanagan Lake north of Summerland, and Haynes Point in Osoyoos are identified as such in the main heading. But underneath, in smaller letters, each is also described as a 鈥榮tate park鈥.听
The oddity, which long predates a current rise in tensions between Canada and the U.S., has prompted outrage among social media users. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted recently that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state.听
But Google says it hasn鈥檛 made any recent changes to the way it labels parks in Canada, and it is 鈥渁ctively working鈥 to update the labels to 鈥渁void confusion鈥.听
The company says it has many labels for parks, and because state and provincial parks are similar, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in its backend systems.听
sa国际传媒 Environment Minister Tamara Davidson says the government has reached out to Google Canada requesting that 鈥榩rovincial park鈥 be added as an option.听
Geminisa国际传媒 AI response to the question may have been lacking awareness and unhelpful, but it was correct in one sense.听
Black Mountain Regional Park is indeed near sa国际传媒.听
- with files from The Canadian Press听听
