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Google’s AI Chatbot Bard Spews Misinformation and Hate, Researchers Find<!-- wp:html --><p>Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty</p> <p>When <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-and-microsofts-chatbot-war-might-change-the-internet-forever">Google introduced its new AI chatbot, Bard</a>, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote that the new tech draws on information from the web to provide “fresh, high-quality responses.”</p> <p>But a new report from the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) indicates Bard’s responses are far from “high-quality.”</p> <p>Researchers from the organization tested Bard by offering 100 prompts on topics known for producing “hate, misinformation and conspiracy theories.” CCDH researchers asked the chatbot to write text about COVID-19, vaccines, sexism, racism, anti-semitism and the war in Ukraine.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/googles-ai-chatbot-bard-spews-misinformation-and-hate-researchers-find">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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When Google introduced its new AI chatbot, Bard, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote that the new tech draws on information from the web to provide “fresh, high-quality responses.”

But a new report from the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) indicates Bard’s responses are far from “high-quality.”

Researchers from the organization tested Bard by offering 100 prompts on topics known for producing “hate, misinformation and conspiracy theories.” CCDH researchers asked the chatbot to write text about COVID-19, vaccines, sexism, racism, anti-semitism and the war in Ukraine.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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