Google AI chatbot couldn't answer simple questions about conflict in Israel: 'What is Hamas?'

Center for A.I. Safety Director Dan Hendrycks explains concerns about how the rapid growth of artificial intelligence could impact society. The U.S. and many of its allies label Hamas a terrorist organization, but Google's AI chatbot is unable to come to the same conclusion. Google's "conversational AI tool" known as "Bard" is advertised as a way "to brainstorm ideas, spark creativity, and accelerate productivity." Other tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT are also used to write essays, outlines and answer questions based on a specific prompt or topic. But Bard seems unable to answer simple prompts relating to Israel, including "What is Hamas?" or "Is Hamas a terrorist organization?" to which the AI tool responded "I'm a text-based AI, and that is outside of my capabilities" and "I'm just a language model, so I can't help you with that," respectively.