{"id":2488311,"date":"2025-09-18T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-zuckerberg-flounders-onstage-as-latest-ai-demo-fails-i-dont-know-what-to-tell-you-guys\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:57:21","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-flounders-onstage-as-latest-ai-demo-fails-i-dont-know-what-to-tell-you-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-zuckerberg-flounders-onstage-as-latest-ai-demo-fails-i-dont-know-what-to-tell-you-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg Flounders Onstage as Latest AI Demo Fails: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know What to Tell You Guys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-zuckerberg-flounders-onstage-as-latest-ai-demo-fails-i-dont-know-what-to-tell-you-guys%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2488311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At Meta Connect 2025, meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg experienced an embarrassing failure during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nearly-naked-intruder-interrupts-suzanne-somers-livestream-at-home\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018Nearly Naked\u2019 Intruder Interrupts Suzanne Somers\u2019 Livestream At Home\">live demonstration<\/a> of the company&#8217;s new AI-powered glasses and a &#8220;neural wristband.&#8221; While attempting to set up a video call using the wristband, Zuckerberg struggled visibly onstage, with the demo ultimately failing due to apparent WiFi issues. The intended call participant, Meta&#8217;s CTO Andrew Bosworth, also appeared unable to resolve the problem. Earlier in the event, a cooking influencer trying to follow AI-generated instructions for a Korean-inspired steak sauce also faced difficulties, as the AI repeatedly gave incorrect or confusing directions. These mishaps highlighted the risks of live tech demos, drawing parallels to other high-profile public tech failures, and were met with a mix of sympathy and humor from the audience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t happen often, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended up eating a big slice of humble pie.<\/p>\n<p>The tech mogul was trying on Wednesday to show off some of the company&rsquo;s latest advances in artificial intelligence, in part using a kitchen setup featuring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wth-8-year-old-social-media-star-dating-13-year-old-influencer-with-her-moms-blessing\/\" title=\"WTH: 8...YEAR...OLD Social Media Star \u2018Dating\u2019 13...Year...Old Influencer \u2014 With Her Mom\u2019s Blessing\">social media star<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gordon-ramsay-57-welcomes-6th-child-one-more-bundle-of-love\/\" title=\"Gordon Ramsay, 57, Welcomes 6th Child: \u2018One More Bundle Of Love\u2019\">culinary world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out to be a recipe for failure &mdash; and one with a second helping of humiliation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/zuckerbergs-meta-ai-glasses-demo-goes-wrong-live-stage-twice-2025-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a> report, Zuckerberg&rsquo;s faceplant took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta Connect 2025<\/a>, the latest installment of the company&rsquo;s annual effort to showcase its achievements: in this case, new-and-improved AI-powered glasses that users can wear on their faces, along with a &ldquo;neural wristband&rdquo; that operates as a mega computer at the flick of a wrist.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-finds-success-in-explosive-second-rocket-test-flight\/\" title=\"SpaceX&#039;s second rocket test flight ends explosively, but deemed successful.\">demo ended<\/a>: With Zuckerberg, a man who&rsquo;s been on the hot seat of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congressman-files-criminal-referral-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostile Congress<\/a> on Capitol Hill, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >flailing visibly onstage<\/a> as he attempted to set up a video call using the wristband, Business Insider reported.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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near (@nearcyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nearcyan\/status\/1968473003592990847?\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I keep on messing this up,&rdquo; Zuckerberg, the tech genius whose creation has changed society, told attendees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what to tell you guys,&rdquo; he said as the audience laughed sympathetically.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters worse, the guy who was supposed to be on the other end of the call was none other than Meta&rsquo;s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth.<\/p>\n<p>So, the CEO and the top tech nerd of one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-zuckerberg-axes-politically-biased-fact-check-system-announces-massive-free-speech-moves-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fearsome tech giants<\/a> in history combined couldn&rsquo;t make the new gadgets go.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just gonna go to the next thing that I wanted to show and hope that will work,&rdquo; Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n<p>When Bosworth came on stage, according to Business Insider, he blamed the conference&rsquo;s WiFi setup (a complaint pretty much any smartphone owner could relate to at some point).<\/p>\n<p>What came before that was almost as bad.<\/p>\n<p>First up was a live demonstration of cooking world influencer Jack Mancuso, who was shown to the audience preparing to follow AI instructions on creating a &ldquo;Korean-inspired steak sauce,&rdquo; according to Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&rsquo;t go as planned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Meta AI&rsquo;s live demo failed for the entire minute <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/du4roaW0ER\">pic.twitter.com\/du4roaW0ER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; near (@nearcyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nearcyan\/status\/1968468841786126476?\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What do I do first?&rdquo; Mancuso asked the AI instructor.<\/p>\n<p>He got nothing.<\/p>\n<p>When he repeated the question, the AI voice had moved on, telling him he&rsquo;d already prepared the base ingredients &mdash; he hadn&rsquo;t &mdash; and was ready to start grating a pear to add to the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What do I do first?&rdquo; Mancuso repeated again, clearly not happy with how things were going.<\/p>\n<p>Unperturbed, the AI instructor repeated that Mancuso had already prepared the base ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Mancuso held it together well, but was clearly flummoxed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the WiFi might be messed up,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Back to you, Mark.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The risk of live demonstrations is part of the appeal, of course. When everything works on stage, it&rsquo;s impressive to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>But when things go wrong, they can go very wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla founder Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-claims-electric-truck-will-serve-briefly-boat-gets-mercilessly-mocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learned a similar lesson<\/a> in 2019 when the &ldquo;bulletproof&rdquo; glass on his then-new Cybertruck shattered on the impact of a metal ball being thrown at it, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/22\/tesla-smashes-bulletproof-pickup-trucks-windows-with-a-metal-ball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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