Google Bard

2023 - 2 - 7

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Meet Bard, Google's Answer to ChatGPT (WIRED)

The search giant's new chatbot is in testing and will be launched “in the coming weeks.” An API will make it available for developers to build on.

Besides hallucinating incorrect information, AI models trained on text scraped from the Web are [prone to exhibiting racial and gender biases and repeating hateful language](https://www.wired.com/story/efforts-make-text-ai-less-racist-terrible/). Microsoft, which recently [invested around $10 billion in OpenAI](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-23/microsoft-makes-multibillion-dollar-investment-in-openai), is holding a media event tomorrow related to its work with ChatGPT’s creator that is believed to relate to new features for the company’s second-place search engine, [Bing](https://www.wired.com/tag/bing/). Other Google researchers who worked on the technology behind LaMDA became frustrated by Google’s hesitancy, and left the company to build startups harnessing the same technology. [prone to fabrication](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chatgpts-most-charming-trick-hides-its-biggest-flaw/) and can replicate unsavory styles of speech picked up online. [wrote in a blog post](https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/) that Bard is already available to “trusted testers” and designed to put the “breadth of the world’s knowledge” behind a conversational interface. But some AI experts advise caution, noting that the tool does not understand the information it serves up and is inherently prone to making things up. It uses a smaller version of a powerful AI model called LaMDA, which [Google first announced in May 2021](https://www.wired.com/story/google-hopes-ai-turn-search-conversation/) and is based on similar technology to ChatGPT. Others say that it’s easier to learn chords on the guitar.” Pichai also said that Google plans to make the underlying technology available to developers through an API, as OpenAI is doing with ChatGPT, but did not offer a timeline. The company announced today that it will roll out a chatbot named Bard “in the coming weeks.” The launch appears to be a response to ChatGPT, the sensationally popular [artificial intelligence](https://www.wired.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) chatbot developed by startup OpenAI with funding from Microsoft. Instead he showcased a novel, and cautious, use of the underlying AI technology to enhance conventional search. [web search](https://www.wired.com/tag/search/) for the first time in years. Notably, Pichai did not announce plans to integrate Bard into the search box that powers Google’s profits.

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Google announces Bard A.I. in response to ChatGPT (CNBC)

Google announced a new conversational AI technology it will open up to public testing called Bard. It confirms CNBC's prior reporting of a new chat ...

However, he and Pichai teased at the time that Google may launch similar products to the public sometime this year. Features included a chatbot called "Apprentice Bard," as well as new search desktop designs that could be used in a question-and-answer format. Bard will compete directly with rival [ChatGPT](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/chatgpt-is-a-new-ai-chatbot-that-can-answer-questions-and-write-essays.html), an AI service created by OpenAI. Bard is powered by the company's large language model LaMDA, or Language Model for Dialogue Applications. [reported](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/google-testing-chatgpt-like-chatbot-apprentice-bard-with-employees.html) that Google is testing some of these features with employees as part of a "code red" plan to respond to ChatGPT, the popular chatbot backed in part by [Microsoft](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/MSFT/). [Bard](https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/) that the company will begin rolling out in the coming weeks.

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Google details Bard, its ChatGPT rival (Axios)

Details: Google is laying out three AI-related projects as part of a blog post from CEO Sundar Pichai. Bard, the conversational assistant based on Google's ...

[huge weaknesses](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/24/chatgpt-errors-ai-limitations). Microsoft has upped its investment in OpenAI and said it plans to incorporate generative AI throughout its products. [talk of the tech industry](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/24/chatgpt-openai-iphone-boom) in recent months.

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Google unveils its ChatGPT rival (CNN)

Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed "Bard" in an apparent bid to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT.

In a tweet last year, Paul Buchheit, one of the creators of Gmail, forewarned that Google “may be only a year or two away from total disruption” due to the rise of AI. If Google does move more in the direction of incorporating an AI chatbot tool into search, it could come with some risks. The first one reads: “In 2023, The JWST spotted a number of galaxies nicknamed ‘green peas.’ They were given this name because they are small, round, and green, like peas.” The underlying technology that supports Bard has been around for some time, though not widely available to the public. The announcement comes as Google’s core product – online search – is widely thought to be facing its most significant risk in years. “It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.”

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Google to Release Bard, Its AI Chatbot Rival to ChatGPT (The New York Times)

The internet giant said it would begin testing its new chatbot, Bard, with a small, private group before releasing it to the public in the coming weeks.

The implications for the future [could be profound](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/magazine/ai-language.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-artificial-intelligence&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). search engine features, which the company said would arrive soon, will try to distill complex information and multiple perspectives to give users a more conversational experience. But for some, [image generators are worrisome](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/podcasts/generative-ai-is-here-who-should-control-it.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-artificial-intelligence&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). The A.I. innovator when ChatGPT debuted to buzz and millions of users. But the technology has flaws. Google’s caution began to erode its advantage as a generative A.I. The result of more than a decade of research at companies like Google, OpenAI and Meta, the chatbots represent an enormous change in the way computer software is built, used and operated. Google is among many companies that have been developing and testing a new type of chatbot that can riff on almost any topic thrown its way. arms race has come as something of a shock — In a blog post, Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, also said that the company’s search engine would soon have artificial intelligence features that offered summaries of complex information. The chatbots cannot chat exactly like a human, but they often seem to.

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Google Bard: Everything we know about the ChatGPT rival (Mashable)

On Monday, Google announced the release of AI chatbot bard. The technology is available for test users.

[announcement(Opens in a new tab)](https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/), Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Bard is now available to "trusted testers" and will be more widely available "in the coming weeks." The event will announce news related to Search and Maps and is "reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information, making it more natural and intuitive than ever before to find what you need," per the event description. Pichai says this LaMDA model requires less computing power which will be easier to scale to more users and gain feedback faster.

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Google hopes 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI (KCRA Sacramento)

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with “Bard," a conversational service apparently aimed at countering the ...

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Google announces new AI program named Bard, in wake of viral ... (ABC News)

If you ever needed artificial intelligence's help to plan a friend's baby shower, your time has come, as Google officially unveiled an AI program it's ...

"It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses." Created by artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, ChatGPT, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, is a chatbot -- a computer program that converses with human users. [announced](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/23/microsoftandopenaiextendpartnership/) last month that it's extending its partnership with the firm and investing billions of dollars into the company.

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Google introduces AI chatbot 'Bard' to compete with Microsoft ... (Economic Times)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that the company was opening Bard to a group of trusted testers, ahead of making it more widely available ...

[Subscribe](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/subscription?newslettertype=div_3125&email=2&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyTop5)to our daily newsletter for the latest and must-read tech news, delivered straight to your inbox. In another sign of Google's deepening commitment to the field, Google announced last week that it is investing in and partnering with Anthropic, an AI startup led by some former leaders at OpenAI. We’re excited for this phase of testing to help us continue to learn and improve Bard’s quality and speed,” Pichai said in the blog post. Google also plans to begin incorporating LaMDA and other artificial intelligence advancements into its dominant search engine to provide more helpful answers to the increasingly complicated questions being posed by its billion of users. The tech giant already had poured in a billion dollars into the AI company in 2019. It also claims the service will also perform other more mundane tasks, such as providing tips for planning a party, or lunch ideas based on what food is left in a refrigerator.

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Google Bets Big on Its AI Service 'Bard' to Counter ChatGPT (TIME)

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with “Bard,” a conversational service apparently aimed at countering ChatGPT.

In another sign of Google’s deepening commitment to the field, Google announced last week that it is investing in and partnering with Anthropic, an AI startup led by some former leaders at OpenAI. [Spell Trouble for Working Moms](https://time.com/6251465/return-to-office-working-moms-pandemic/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [8 Ways to Read More Books](https://time.com/6251239/how-to-read-more/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202)—and Why You Should Google also plans to begin incorporating LaMDA and other artificial intelligence advancements into its dominant search engine to provide more helpful answers to the increasingly complicated questions being posed by its billion of users. [Has a Toxic Culture of Sexual Harassment and Abuse](https://time.com/6252617/effective-altruism-sexual-harassment/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202), Women Say [Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria](https://time.com/6253208/turkey-earthquake-syria-updates/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [Beyoncé's Album of the Year Snub](https://time.com/6253244/beyonce-grammys-album-of-the-year-history/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202)Fits Into the Grammys' Long History of Overlooking Black Women It also claims the service will also perform other more mundane tasks, such as providing tips for planning a party, or lunch ideas based on what food is left in a refrigerator.

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Google takes on ChatGPT with Bard and shows off AI in search (TechCrunch)

Google is rushing to take part in the sudden fervor for conversational AI, driven by the pervasive success of rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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What is Bard: ChatGPT has a new rival after Google unveils its AI ... (Business Insider)

Learn about Bard, Google's new AI chatbot that will compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT for dominance in the buzzy new field that could change everything.

Research has shown that unregulated large language models [have been known to churn out hate speech](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.12407.pdf). However, Pichai noted that Google is releasing Bard with a "lightweight model version of LaMDA." In turn, Bard responded with colorful facts like, "In 2023, the JWST spotted a number of galaxies nicknamed 'green peas.'" Starting Monday, Pichai said Bard will be opened up to "trusted testers" and will be made widely available to the public in the coming weeks. [announced](https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/) in May 2021. [the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT was introduced](https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chat-gpt-2023-1) to the world, Google's management [issued a "code red](https://www.businessinsider.com/google-management-issues-code-red-over-chatgpt-report-2022-12)" over the technology.

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