Google parent shares fall as AI chatbot Bard offers inaccurate information

Google's artifical intelligence chatbot delivered an inaccurate answer that was spotted just hours before a launch event for Bard in Paris.

Shares of the Google's parent Alphabet were down almost 8% at one stage.

Google shares fell sharply at one stage after it published an online advertisement in which its much-anticipated AI chatbot Bard delivered an inaccurate answer.

The tech giant posted a short video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a "launchpad for curiosity" that would help simplify complex topics, but it delivered an inaccurate answer that was spotted just hours before a launch event for Bard in Paris.