Microsoft's Bing A.I. made several factual errors in last week's launch demo

During last week's chatbot hype, with Microsoft and Google attempting to outduel each other in showcasing early versions of artificial intelligence-powered search, more than 1 million people signed up to try Microsoft's tool in the first 48 hours, the company said. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC that the technology, which can spit out complete answers that read like they were written by a human, was "perhaps the industrial revolution brought to knowledge work." But for those concerned about accuracy, the AI leaves plenty to be desired. In Microsoft's demo in front of reporters, the ChatGPT-like technology embedded in the company's Bing search engine analyzed earnings reports from Gap and Lululemon. In comparing its answers to the actual reports, the chatbot missed some numbers.