Google employees tasked with evaluating their employer’s AI chatbot Bard reportedly gave it harsh reviews, calling it “cringeworthy” and a “pathological liar,” according to Bloomberg. The report highlights concerns over Google deprioritizing AI ethics to quickly release the AI chatbot, and users on the beta version of Bard have complained of it taking wrong advice, plagiarizing articles and getting basic math wrong.
Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in internet-related services and products. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Menlo Park, California, Google has grown to become one of the world’s most valuable companies with its range of products and services. Google is best known for its search engine, but it also offers an array of applications and software such as Google Chrome, Google Maps, Gmail, and YouTube.
John Hennessy is the chairman of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company. Hennessy is a former Stanford professor and computer scientist who is widely considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern computing. Hennessy was executive chairman at Alphabet and a former CEO at MIPS Technologies Inc. He was also a founding partner of venture capital firm Talpatch and was on the board of Cisco Systems.
