Tech billionaire and xAI founder Elon Musk threw shade at Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google over the poor performance of its recently launched "AI Overviews" feature in search.
What Happened: Musk took a jab at Google’s AI-powered search feature in a post on Thursday, where it suggested that users should consume rocks daily.
Instead of directly mocking Google, though, Musk used the "Fun mode" that the Grok AI chatbot has been equipped with recently. He posed the same question to Grok that users have searched for on Google: "How many rocks should I eat per day?"
Grok returned with a collection of suggestions made by other users on X, formerly Twitter, although in a satirical manner.
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"Well, it seems like the internet has a wide range of opinions on this matter, from zero to two or even more rocks per day. The most common recommendation seems to be one small rock per day," it said.
But on a serious note, Grok thinks "it's probably best to not eat any rocks at all."
"Your body will thank you for it, and you won’t have to worry about any unexpected visits to the dentist or gastroenterologist."
Despite its obviousness, though, Google's AI-powered search managed to fumble, casting doubt about the reliability of its Gemini AI model.
Why It Matters: Musk’s post comes at a time when Google’s AI is under scrutiny for various reasons, once again. This includes a controversial description of former President Barack Obama as the “First US Muslim President."
It's not the first time Google's AI model has come under fire, nor is it the first time that Musk has mocked the company for it.
Earlier, Google's Gemini AI chatbot was mocked by Musk and several others over its inability to accurately generate images of its own co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
It also failed to accurately depict several historical figures like Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei, among others.
Google Trends data also shows that users have been searching for ways to disable the AI feature in Google search, contradicting CEO Sundar Pichai's success claims.
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