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ChatGPT regularly ignores small Canadian businesses in searches: report

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More than half of the independent main-street businesses tested across Canada did not appear in relevant ChatGPT recommendations for places to eat or shop, or people to hire, according to Ottawa-based analytics firm Clixera. The company said its latest testing covered thousands of businesses drawn from public member directories.