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England is hoping to make it to the World Cup semifinals for the second time in its last three appearances at the tournament.
To achieve that goal, England will have to knock off an upstart Norway squad. That would set up a date with either Argentina or Switzerland in the semifinals.
Can Harry Kane lead the Three Lions to victory, or will Erling Haaland lead his Norwegian counterparts to another monumental victory? USA TODAY asked AI chatbot Microsoft Copilot to predict the outcome of this marquee World Cup matchup.
The chatbot was fed the following queries to generate its analysis for the match:
Here’s a breakdown of Copilot’s prediction for the World Cup quarterfinal, along with a brief, human-crafted analysis of the chatbot’s pick.
AI’s take: Copilot credited England as having the “more balanced squad” and noted its top players have more experience in high-level tournament play than Norway’s. It praised Haaland as “one of the stars of the tournament” and opined he is “capable of deciding a match on his own” but noted it had too many “defensive concerns” to back Norway, which has conceded at least one goal in all of its World Cup matchups, as the winner.
Our take: It’s hard to disagree with Copilot’s logic. England is the deeper team and it does have more experience on the international stage than Norway, which is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998. The chatbot was also right to point out that Haaland could prove to be a game-changer for Ståle Solbakken’s squad, and in the right scenario, he could power Norway to an upset.
Still, trusting Kane and Co. to power Thomas Tuchel’s side to a victory is the safer play, so it’s hard to blame Copilot from backing that outcome.
Copilot also took a shot at naming the goal scorers for the Norway vs. England match. Unsurprisingly, it tapped Haaland and Kane as likely scorers for their respective countries, but it had Jude Bellingham netting the game-winner for the Three Lions in the latter stages of the second half.
Here’s a look at Copilot’s predictions:
England scorers
Norway scorer