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Google’s and Microsoft’s chatbots are making up Super Bowl stats


Microsoft's and Google's chatbots are making up Super Bowl 2024 stats. It illustrates the limitations of today's GenAI tools.

If you needed more evidence that GenAI is prone to making stuff up, Google’s Gemini chatbot, formerly Bard, thinks that the 2024 Super Bowl already happened. Per a Reddit thread, Gemini, powered by Google’s GenAI models of the same name, is answering questions about Super Bowl LVIII as if the game wrapped up yesterday — or weeks before. That distinction probably lies with endorsing torture, reinforcing ethnic and racial stereotypes or writing convincingly about conspiracy theories.

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