Google Bard’s first costly error shows AI chatbots aren’t yet ready for prime time

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It hasn’t been a great week for Google. Not only did the company’s mistake-laden ‘Live from Paris’ event fail to live up to expectations, its highly anticipated new AI chatbot tool, Bard, has made a factual error in a demo video (opens in new tab) that was intended to show off the software’s impressive capabilities.The blunder – which sent Google’s market value tumbling by $100 billion (opens in new tab) – saw Bard incorrectly respond

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