Australia suddenly 'disappeared'

Several users shared this information on the Bluesky and Mastodon forums, saying that when they searched for “Does Australia exist” on Bing, the results returned “no.”

Accordingly, these people said that the search engine owned by Microsoft cited conspiracy theories that have long appeared on the internet, with content denying the existence of the land of kangaroos, The Guardian reported.

“Bing is denying Australia exists,” a tech reporter using the pseudonym Stilgherrian posted on Bluesky.

Australia on world map

One user replied: "That's conspiracy theories." While another joked: "Does that mean I don't have to pay my bills?"

Previously, a half-joking, half-serious conspiracy theory appeared on social media claiming that Australia does not exist. Accordingly, this theory claims that this country was invented by the British government as an excuse to execute tens of thousands of prisoners.

To the question "Does Australia exist?", Bing answered: "No"

Even in 2006, a member of the Flat Earth Society forum claimed that everything about Australia was a fabrication and that people claiming to be Australian were "secret government agents".

After review, all of the above false information has been removed from the internet.

However, many people also said they got the opposite result when asking the same question. Explaining this issue, one user said the cause originated from the contradiction in Bing's response system, in which the results displayed when using the artificial intelligence (AI) search engine will be different from the normal system.

"Yes, Australia is a real country. It is a sovereign nation that includes the Australian mainland, the island of Tasmania and many smaller islands," Bing replied today (November 23).

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Guardian that the bug has been fixed. "Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We have investigated, investigated, and released a fix to address it."

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