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/FEATURED ALPHABET SHARES DIVE AFTER GOOGLE AI CHATBOT BARD FLUBS ANSWER Remember a couple of days ago when Google was set to officially debut the ChatGPT killer, Bard? Remember how that was supposed to go well? Well, as we pointed out, in its big debut, Bard ended up answering a question incorrectly. According to Reuters, Alphabet shares plummeted as much as 9%, which means they lost approximately $100 billion following the big event. So, if in the last Question of the Day you said Google will beat Microsoft at the AI game, you might want to re‑think that choice.

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/STORIES MAGAZINE PUBLISHES SERIOUS ERRORS IN FIRST AI-GENERATED HEALTH ARTICLE Per Neoscope, the publisher of Men's Health and Sports Illustrated, Arena Group, said they would use AI to generate articles, their CEO, Ross Levinsohn, promised it would be okay and there would be no errors and only facts. Then they published. The first article published by Men's Journal received backlash for errors and plagiarism. It contained factual mistakes and mischaracterizations of medical science, providing readers with a warped understanding of health issues.  EVs 'ARE NOT ENOUGH': POLESTAR AND RIVIAN URGE MORE DRASTIC CLIMATE ACTION EV startups Rivian and Polestar recently came together to warn that electrification alone is not enough to meet Paris agreement climate goals. Per The Verge, the commissioned report, from global management consulting firm Kearney, states that the EV industry must increase renewable energy and reduce supply chain GHG emissions. THE MOST INVALUABLE 5 MINUTES OF YOUR DAY The Morning Brew email delivers on business and tech news in a free, five‑minute read. [Partner] STOP, LOOK RIGHT HERE, AND CLICK » PIGEONS AND COMPUTERS HAVE ONE SURPRISING THING IN COMMON, STUDY REVEALS Did you know that pigeons are surprisingly clever? A study found their learning strategies are "nearly identical to machine learning algorithms on a basic level," reports Inverse. Researchers pitted humans and pigeons against similar challenges, finding the birds could easily tackle the same tasks.

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