are you saying Bard is intentionally wrong for everyone because they’re afraid it will be a homework tool?

I suspect it is. I don't think they're afraid of that.

I think they would be doing society a favor if they actively made it harder to find answers to problems just by googling or using a language model.

This is where identity matters using language models. I feel it might be necesary to credential capability for a few things.

Seems like a weird flex to sabotage your own product which cost a lot of money just to make a point to society.

There is more of a point to actual learning than to create a language model.