Google’s Gaudi Mishears “Ireland”

I was testing Google’s Gaudi application today, which allows searchers to find words buried in the audio channel of videos they watch.Being Irish, I decided to search the word “Ireland” and was intrigued to find Obama, Larry King, Rudy Guiliani and John Edwards all speaking about Ireland recently… except they weren’t, they were speaking about “Iowa”. Why? Well, it seems Gaudi needs a little more tweaking, when the word/name “Iowa” is spoken, it thinks it’s hearing “Ireland”. Shame. And I thought we were suddenly popular!