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Google's AI 'hiccup' doesn't warrant selloff -portfolio manager

STORY: Reuters was first to point out an error in Google's advertisement for chatbot Bard, which debuted Monday (Feb. 6), about which satellite first took pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s solar system.

Google has been on its heels after OpenAI, a startup Microsoft is backing with around $10 billion, introduced software in November that has wowed consumers and become a fixation in Silicon Valley circles for its surprisingly accurate and well-written answers to simple prompts.