Google Bard AI mistake just cost Google over $100 billion

It could already be back to the drawing board for Google's high-profile launch of its AI-powered Bard tool coming to Google search.

A highly publicized wrong answer has spooked investors. CNBC reported the company's stock fell 7%. And as of February 9 it's down another 2.7%. That's over $100 billion lost.

Google showed off Bard during a live event yesterday , outlining how the new AI-powered chatbot will augment search capabilities. Using Bard, you'll be able to ask questions in a conversational way, whether it's having the chatbot outline the pros can cons of electric cars or suggesting stops during a road trip.

But there's just one potential problem to having a chatbot assist you with your search queries: What if the chatbot doesn't know what it's talking about?

Alas, that's a problem Google's going to have to address after promotional material showing Bard in action featured the chatbot sharing incorrect information. Spotted by Reuters, a GIF shows Bard supplying several answers to a query about the James Webb Space Telescope, including an assertion that the telescope took the first pictures of a planet outside the Earth's solar system. That must be a shock European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, which actually pulled off the feat first.

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