Artificial intelligence Bard gets the answer wrong, Google loses 8% on Wall Street – Corriere.it

The title of Alphabet, a company owned by Google, loses more than 8% on Wall Street and is among the worst S&P 500. The reason is the event organized by the subsidiary to promote Bard, its chatbot based on artificial intelligence which, in the intentions of the managers of Big G, should compete with ChatGptthe prototype developed by OpenAI, and Bing, the Microsoft search engine (whose new version is entirely based on artificial intelligence).

The wrong answer

During the presentation of the new artificial intelligence, analysts and investors had more than one doubt about the capabilities of the new Google chatbot, so much so that 100 billion dollars of market capitalization went up in smoke in a few minutes. Doubts arose during the official presentation of the new technology, broadcast live streaming from Paris, where Bard would have provided an incorrect answer to a question regarding the new discoveries of the James Webb telescope (Nasa space instrument that has identified an asteroid the size of the Colosseum). Bard responded inaccurately by saying that the telescope had taken the first picture of a planet outside the solar system. The first photo of a planet outside the Via Lattes was actually taken by the Very Large telescope in 2004. It was then shown how to use the chatbot to learn about the pros and cons of buying an electric car, or to plan a trip to the north of California, but by now the omelette was done and the mistake appeared obvious.

Chatbots

A chatbot is software that allows users to dialogue naturally with the search engine by simulating and processing human conversations (written or spoken). Microsoft, in addition to updating its Bing search engine, has invested approximately $10 billion directly into OpenAI and in its creation of ChatGpt. It therefore seems to be accelerating the race for artificial intelligence among the giants of Silicon Valley. On Bard’s launch, the Google and Alphabet CEO said we’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s answers are quality, safe, and grounded in the real world.