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learn & test your cultural knowledge with the help of Google AI.</p> <div class="action-button-holder" style="margin-top:25px"> <a class="button hollow caps" href="https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/2QFyx9MN7Inxtg" target="_blank" onclick="ga("send","event","Experiment Launch Button","Click","Cultural Icons")" aria-label="Launch Cultural Icons Experiment" nonce="NyicJBBirWn6l9vvzlGS_GRAdJsgzu9q"> Launch experiment </a> </div></div><div class="cont-right"><h3 class="caps small">Collection:</h3><div id="collections-holder" style="display:block"> <a class="collection" href="/collection/arts-culture">Arts & Culture Experiments</a> </div></div></div><div class="video-holder" data-videoid="nRKe7AVzK6A" data-exp-name="Cultural Icons"><div class="video-embed" id="video-nRKe7AVzK6A" data-loop="true"></div><img src="/static/img/video-play-btn.png" class="video-play-btn" alt="Video Play Button"></div><div id="featured-holder"><div class="featured-img-holder"><img class="featured-img" 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guessing game with the help of AI. </div><div><br></div><div>While Google鈥檚 generative language model, PaLM2, provides insights into historical events and fun facts, we cannot verify the accuracy of the chat and would recommend checking <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms/generative-ai" target="_blank">Google鈥檚 AI policy</a>. 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