The hurdles are everything from embarrassing errors, such as extra fingers or Black founding fathers in generated images, to significant concerns about intellectual property infringement, cost, environmental impact and other issues.
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Why the AI chatbot hype is hitting a rocky reality
Grumbles about generative AI's shortcomings are coalescing into a "trough of disillusionment" after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots.
The big picture
AI is still changing the world — but improving and integrating the technology is raising harder and more complex questions than first envisioned.
Between the lines
A year ago, boards were pressuring CEOs to find ways to adopt generative AI as quickly as possible. Now, many are finding that promising early experiments have proven tough to scale. Plus, some leading startups of generative AI's first wave are falling by the wayside.
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