Google’s yet-to-be-launched AI chat bot Bard boldly spouted disinformation about the James Webb Space Telescope in a video commercial released on Twitter. The chatbot said, “JWST took the very first photographs of a planet outside of our own solar system,” which is clearly incorrect. (For the first time, photos of exoplanets were acquired by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.) According to CNBC, the software titan is now attempting to increase Bard’s accuracy and has asked staff for assistance.
