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Google’s much-anticipated new AI chatbot tool, Bard, which has yet to be released to the public, has been criticized for the inaccurate response it generated during this week’s demo.
In the demo, it’s posted by Google on Twitter, one user asked Bard: “What new discoveries can I tell my 9 year old about from the James Webb Space Telescope?” Bard responded with a series of bullet points, including one that read: “JWST took the first pictures of a planet outside our solar system.”
According to NASAhowever, the first image shows an exoplanet – or any planet beyond our solar system – was actually taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope almost two decades ago, in 2004.
Bard’s blunder highlights the challenge facing Google as it races to integrate the same AI technology that underpins Microsoft-backed ChatGPT into its core search engine. In an attempt to keep up with what some say could be a radical change driven by conversational AI in the way people search online, Google now risks enhancing the engine’s reputation. search for reliable information display.
Like ChatGPT, Bard is built on a massive language model, trained on massive online databases to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread disinformation.
In an apparent attempt to address that concern, Google previously said Bard would be open to “trusted testers” this week, with plans to make the service available to the public in the coming weeks. next week.
A Google spokesperson told CNN in a statement Wednesday about the actual bug: “This highlights the importance of a rigorous vetting process, which we’ll be kicking off this week with the People program. its reliable test”. “We will combine external feedback with our own internal testing to ensure Bard’s feedback meets the high standards of quality, safety, and legitimacy of real-world information.”
Shares of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, fell as much as 8% in midday trading Wednesday after Bard’s first incorrect response. Reuters report.
Google revealed Bard earlier this week as part of an apparent attempt to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT, was used to create essays, lyrics, and answers to questions one might have previously asked. search on Google. The rapid increase in popularity of ChatGPT has report led Google management to declare a “code red” situation for its search product.
On Wednesday, Google held an event at its Paris office, where tech giant blueprint uses AI technology to completely change the way people search for information online. The Google event takes place a day later rival Microsoft announced an improved version of Bing powered by a more advanced version of AI used by ChatGPT. (Microsoft is investing billions of dollars in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.)
In a presentation Wednesday, a Google executive revealed plans to use the technology to provide more complex and conversational answers to queries, including providing Bullets mark the best time of year to see the different constellations and also lay out the pros and cons of buying an electric car.
The CEO said AI technology will pave the way for “the next frontier of our information products”.
