In attempting to advertise the functionality of it’s AI model Gemini, Google accidentally create an advertisement for the greatest flaw of AI tools: their affinity for just making stuff up. The Verge recently caught that Google had to fix its planned Super Bowl Sunday ad promoting Gemini because the text of an answer provided by the AI model that the company is infusing into everything happened to get its information wrong.

In a video featuring a small-business owner using Gemini, the AI originally said Gouda makes up 50% to 60% of global cheese consumption.

Google is highlighting an array of small businesses that are benefitting from its AI models during one of the most televised events. One business from each state will be featured.

The ad in question is part of Google's "50 stories from 50 states" promotion, which will run Gemini ads tailored for different local markets during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Wisconsin-focused ad,

Google appears to have retroactively edited a YouTube-published advertisement for Gemini, the company's core AI model, to remove an AI-generated error about the global popularity of gouda cheese. On January 30,