Chatbots · April 2024Gaffe level: Blunder
Grok Took Shooting Bricks Literally and Accused Klay Thompson of Vandalism
After Klay Thompson went 0-for-10 in a playoff loss, Grok saw fans saying he was shooting bricks and took it literally, generating a trending news story claiming the NBA star was vandalizing Sacramento homes with bricks. X's disclaimer, that Grok can make mistakes, did not stop it from becoming the number five trending story.
Source: Engadget
An AI-Designed Bird Flu Vaccine Gave Complete Protection in Animals
Cambridge researchers and spinout DIOSynVax used AI to design a broad-spectrum bird flu vaccine from global virus genome data. In animal trials it fully protected mice and ferrets against diverse variants that have caused human infections, while the stockpiled WHO vaccine protected only about half. Human trials are the next step.
Source: Medical Xpress