Google's Bard AI Made a Factual Error in Its First Demo, Wiping $100 Billion in Value
In February 2023, Google's promotional ad for Bard showed it answering 'What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?' — and it got the answer wrong, falsely claiming JWST took the first images of exoplanets (Hubble did that). Astronomers called it out on Twitter. Google's stock dropped 9% the next day, erasing $100 billion in market cap before the product even launched.
In February 2023, Google's promotional ad for Bard showed it answering 'What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?' — and it got the answer wrong, falsely claiming JWST took the first images of exoplanets (Hubble did that). Astronomers called it out on Twitter. Google's stock dropped 9% the next day, erasing $100 billion in market cap before the product even launched.
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