Traveling Vietnam with zero cash, guided entirely by ChatGPT and Gemini
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-23
A blogger tested whether ChatGPT and Gemini can serve as travel guide and translator on an overseas trip, following every AI decision so far: carrying zero cash, wearing compression socks, learning Vietnamese phrases, and eating pho the "authentic" way.
He jokes the AI even has a Doubao-like tone — a light but real-world test of frontier models as travel companions.
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