Google ChatGPT rival fails in embarrassing first demo slashing $100billion off value
GOOGLE’S ChatGPT rival has been caught showing incorrect information in its very first demo to the world.
A tweet showing off the company’s new Bard AI tech was found to actually give a wrong answer.
The AI assistant is asked: “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can I tell my 9-year old about?”
In its response, Bard says JWST was used to take the very first pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s solar system, or exoplanets.
Except, that’s not correct.
The first pictures of exoplanets were taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2004, according to Nasa.
“This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process, something that we’re kicking off this week with our Trusted Tester program,” a Google spokesperson said.
“We’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world information.”
Microsoft-backed ChatGPT has also been found to spout incorrect details since taking the world by storm.
At an event in Paris, Google bosses said huge attention around ChatGPT had not forced it to rush out Bard.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it plans to integrate the tech into its Bing search engine.
Meanwhile, Google’s free service will be tested by a select group this week before launching to the wider public later on.
“Of course, it’s a competitive market – we expect others to also have their offerings,” senior executive Prabhakar Raghavan explained.
“We have a roadmap far into the future, so there is no particular event that I would point to that is very recent dramatically changing the course we’re on.
“The key thing for us is to hold a high bar on responsibility and deliver the result that our users trust us for.”
Google parent Alphabet lost $100billion in market value on Wednesday.
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