Through the looking glass: AI in 2025

France's AI chatbot nosedives

In a highly publicized embarrassment for France's AI ambitions, the chatbot Lucie was pulled offline just three days after its launch.

Users quickly discovered that Lucie struggled with basic logic and facts, like "cow's eggs", miscalculating 5×5 as 17, and declaring that "the square root of a goat is 1".

Its developer admitted the release came too soon, calling it an "academic research project in its early stages", according to CNN.