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Google's Bard chatbot makes factual error in launch tweet
Google launched Bard, an experimental conversational AI service, on February 6, 2023. In a promotional GIF, Bard incorrectly claimed that the first image of an exoplanet was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, when it was actually taken by the Very Large Telescope 17 years earlier. The error was pointed out by astronomers on social media.
- Date it happened
- 2023-02-06
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Bard
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