| Hopefully you are trying to design a website and that's why you're placing a jpg file? Sounds like your jpg file is a CMYK, corrupt, or in a format illustrator can't read. If you're trying to create a file for print then do not place the jpg file; make it a 300dpi CMYK TIF.
Open your jpg and make sure it's a rgb image. Set your document for RGB color in File/Document Color Mode/RGB.
Let me know if that helps.
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