--- title: "Google AI Chatbot Bard provides erroneous information" description: "Twitter shared a GIF of Bard in action, calling the chatbot a \"launchpad for curiosity\" that would demystify problematic issues." author: "Anonymous User" published: 2023-02-09 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2794/google-ai-chatbot-bard-provides-erroneous-information category: "breaking news" tags: ["google", "news", "ai"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Google AI Chatbot Bard provides erroneous information \ Google's AI chatbot Bard, a competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT, was unveiled on Monday and is slated to become "more freely available to the public in the coming weeks." However, experts have noted that Bard made a factual error in its first demo, so the bot isn't off to a fantastic start. \ Google has an [artificial intelligence](https://www.mindstick.com/services/artificial-intelligence)-focused branch called Google AI. [Sundar Pichai](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84708/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-fires-over-400-employees-in-india), [CEO of Google](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38380/what-is-the-name-of-ceo-of-google-who-was-among-the-four-indian-american-who-have-been-awarded-the-great-immigrants-the-pride-of-america-award-in-the-united-states), announced Google I/O 2017. \ Google launched [online advertising](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102506/how-does-google-adwords-work-for-online-advertising) in which its highly anticipated artificial intelligence chatbot Bard provided an incorrect response. \ [**Also Read: Is it true that Google will be the internet owner in the future?**](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301756/is-it-true-that-google-will-be-the-owner-of-the-internet-in-future) \ The internet giant tweeted a brief GIF clip showing Bard in action and called the chatbot a "launchpad for inquiry" that would help [simplify complex](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160190/how-is-cte-used-to-simplify-complex-sql-queries) subjects. \ What JWST discoveries can I share with my 9-year-old? Bard's commercial prompt. \ Bard's responses include that the JWST took the first photographs of exoplanets. False. \ NASA says the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) took the first exoplanet photos in 2004. \ Google's comment request went unanswered. Bard was announced on Monday. \ "I do enjoy and appreciate that one of the most powerful corporations on the globe is utilising a JWST search to advertise their LLM," Tremblay continued in a subsequent tweet. \ Awesome! But despite seeming eerily impressive, [**ChatGPT,**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2770/chatgpt-has-the-fastest-growing-user-base-on-record) etc., are frequently *very confidently* incorrect. It will be interesting to watch if LLMs eventually self-correct. \ Tremblay says AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard tend to assert misleading information as fact. [Autocomplete](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156169/what-is-google-suggest-or-autocomplete) systems often "hallucinate" or makeup facts. ![Google AI Chatbot Bard provides erroneous information](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/63KFs_mf-xcrGsjyGCKgj3E14h4NFm6NZZNaUkLlp_FqyKZGuztARsPzx_h2rYFu2Gtu26fTlNzHVBQaJ10q0HD7qw0bojUHb0_LAvQiewWSDboxIPS4iMJyVu2EiIl6DE5YB5eVrWdQ3mgxewYskCc) They use patterns to predict the next word in a sentence rather than accessing a database of experimentally validated facts. One famous AI professor called them "bullshit generators" since they are probabilistic. \ Microsoft and Google's desire to use their products as [search engines](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/332055/list-of-ai-based-search-engines) has exacerbated the internet's misinformation. There, chatbots speak like all-knowing machines. \ Microsoft, which yesterday unveiled its AI-powered Bing [search engine](https://www.mindstick.com/services/search-engine-optimization), addressed these issues by placing user accountability. "AI powers Bing; therefore, surprises and mishaps are conceivable," the company warns. Please verify and provide feedback. \ "This underscores the necessity of a robust testing procedure," Google spokesperson Jane Park told The Verge. We'll use external input and internal testing to guarantee Bard's responses are high-quality, safe, and based on real-world facts. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2794/google-ai-chatbot-bard-provides-erroneous-information Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.