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.
The online demo was disabled (though the code for the model is still available for anyone to use), and Meta's outspoken chief AI scientist complained about the negative public response.
So what was Galactica all about, and what went wrong?
AI is only as intelligent and useful as the ones creating it.
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