The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense

  • Written by: Aaron J. Snoswell, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Computational Law & AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology
The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsenseTengyart / Unsplash

Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: “a large language model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge”.

Launched with a public online demo, Galactica lasted only three days before going the way of other AI snafus like Microsoft’s infamous racist chatbot.

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