Google's new AI bot made a gaffe because it was 'rushed' out to compete with ChatGPT, experts say

Google's new AI chatbot made an embarrassing gaffe because it was'rushed' out ahead of schedule amid growing competition from ChatGPT and Microsoft, tech industry experts claimed today. The mistake – which saw Google's Bard get a question wrong in a video posted to Twitter – wiped off £100 billion from the firm's value. It happened as Google faces the biggest threat to its dominance in web search, with commentators suggesting that the hurried unveiling of Bard was done to stop the tech giant being outmuscled in the race to revolutionise how we search the internet. Bard's error happened when the chatbot was asked what to tell a nine-year-old about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its discoveries. In response, it said Webb was the first to take pictures of a planet outside of earth's solar system.