Bing AI Can't Be Trusted

Microsoft knowingly released a broken product for short-term hype

Bing AI got some answers completely wrong during their demo. But no one noticed. Instead, everyone jumped on the Bing hype train. Google’s Bard got an answer wrong during an ad, which everyone noticed. Now the narrative is “Google is rushing to catch up to Bing and making mistakes!”. That would be a fine narrative if Bing didn’t make even worse mistakes during its own demo. Let’s go buy a pet vacuum! Bing results for “What are the pros and cons of the top 3 selling pet vacuums?” According to this pros and cons list, the “Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Handheld Vacuum” sounds pretty bad.…

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