AI is expensive. A search on Google's chatbot Bard costs the company 10 times more than a regular one, which could amount to several billion dollars.

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John Hennessy, Alphabet chairman and Stanford University President from 2000 to 2016.
Alphabet chairman John Hennessy told Reuters that a search on Google's AI chatbot will cost the company 10 times more than a typical search.

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Google didn't think its Bard AI was 'really ready' for a product yet, says Alphabet chairman, days after the chatbot's very public mistake tanked the company's stock

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John Hennessy, Alphabet chairman and Stanford University President from 2000 to 2016.
John Hennessy, Alphabet's chairman, cautioned that AI chatbots are still in their early days.

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