I don't know that people are reacting to the error per se, so much as they're reacting to where they saw it: in a major, high-glitz public announcement. Like NP

I don't know that people are reacting to the error per se, so much as they're reacting to where they saw it: in a major, high-glitz public announcement. Like NPR quotes others, the human beings who prepared the announcement could've googled to make sure they didn't demo a product working as unintended. I think people understand AI's current limitations. What they've lost confidence in is Google's judgement, not Bard's.