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Welcome back to The Prompt. The tech giant announced a new AI mode for its search engine that includes a chatbot-like feature that enables users to ask questions about anything and get answers written by Google’s AI models. Gado via Getty Images What it means to “Google” something might soon change dramatically. The tech giant announced a new AI mode for its search engine that includes a chatbot-like feature that enables users to ask questions about anything and get answers through Google’s AI models. The feature, which can be accessed through a new tab in Google, comes after the company’s somewhat problematic launch of AI overviews. Google’s AI mode won’t just serve up information–it will also book flights, buy event tickets and surface products. Now let’s get into the headlines. BIG PLAYS AI’s tendency to hallucinate and cook up nonsensical fallacies is common knowledge at this point. But the latest AI glitch came last week when Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok replied to hundreds of unrelated prompts and even random selfies on X, with assertions of violence against white people in South Africa, Forbes reported. The claims echoed statements made by Musk himself, a white man from South Africa who has in the past made claims that the country is racist against white people. The chatbot’s untriggered responses went viral as leaders like OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman quipped about it on X. xAI, the company behind Grok, said the responses were a result of an “unauthorized modification,” to the system. The incident underlines that all chatbots— regardless of how their makers market them— are encoded with biases. ETHICS + LEGAL In one of the first legal cases of its kind, the government is investigating AI music fraud, Wired reports. Mike Smith, a lesser known musician, allegedly made $10 million in…

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