ChatGPT may help you buy a ripe and sweet watermelon? Viral video shows how

From planning meals to writing emails, Chatgpt and other AI tools have seamlessly trickled into our daily lives, making everything a little faster, smarter, and easier. Imagine if this smart assistant could also help you always pick the ripest mango or the juiciest watermelon at the market—how awesome would that be? In a recent viral video, a man in Bangladesh did just that, using AI to choose a red-fleshed, perfectly ripe watermelon from a street vendor. The tool didn’t just stop there—it even recognised various fruits in Bangla, showing how this technology is becoming more accessible and useful in everyday, local contexts.

In the video, the man opens his phone’s camera and points it at different watermelons, asking the AI which one would be the perfect pick. The AI analyses each fruit based on its skin color and stripe pattern, then identifies the best option. At one point, the man points to a particular watermelon and asks if its flesh would be red. The AI responds that, judging by its exterior, it likely is. The man then asks the vendor to cut it open—and just as the AI predicted, the inside reveals a rich, deep red hue.

He then asks Chatgpt to identify a variety of fruits, and impressively, the AI correctly recognises most of them—including papaya, strawberries, sapodilla (chiku), and dragon fruit. When it misidentifies a wood apple as a star fruit, the man gives it a second chance, and this time, the AI gets it right. Next, he seeks help in choosing the best mangoes. Acknowledging its limitations, Chatgpt advises him to look for mangoes that feel slightly heavy, are firm (but not hard), and have no dark spots. It also suggests picking up each mango and giving it a gentle sniff to better judge its ripeness, showing how technology can assist, even when human senses still have the final say.


Some time ago, a conversation with ChatGPT went viral after a user uploaded a photo of several melons, numbered them, and asked the AI to pick the best one. Remarkably, it did—basing its choice on visual cues like field spots, symmetry, and shape. The internet had mixed reactions to this moment of AI fruit-picking genius. While some believed it might have been a lucky guess or a case of the AI "hallucinating," others suggested trying a comparison between the best and worst fruits to test its consistency. A few users expressed amusement at how AI is gradually replacing everyday decision-making. One user even shared their own experience of asking ChatGPT whether two-week-old cherries in their fridge were still safe to eat. Despite how odd the question felt, the response was surprisingly detailed and reassuring—proving once again how unexpectedly helpful the tool can be, even in the kitchen.