Chatbots · February 2023Gaffe level: Typo
Google's Bard Flubbed Facts in Its Own Launch Ad
In Bard's debut ad, the chatbot told a nine-year-old that the James Webb Space Telescope took the first photos of an exoplanet. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope did that in 2004. Reuters spotted the error and Alphabet shed roughly $100 billion in market value, a steep price for skipping fact-checking.
Source: Reuters
Google's Flood Hub Brings AI Flash-Flood Warnings to 2 Billion People
Google's Groundsource system forecasts urban flash floods up to 24 hours ahead, and through Flood Hub it now reaches 2 billion people in more than 150 countries. The Southern African Development Community used the beta version to request monitoring of flood events, and partners used the forecasts to warn of flooding in Vietnam three days before Typhoon Matmo made landfall.
Source: Seoul Economic Daily