Bard

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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 reveals plans for chatbot 'Bard' as AI tech race heats up (Financial Times)

Google revealed plans on Monday to launch a chatbot to rival OpenAI's popular ChatGPT, as it seeks to make up lost ground in the race to bring powerful new ...

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Google trials its own AI chatbot Bard after success of ChatGPT (The Guardian)

Technology will be added to Google's search engine after explosion in use of rival backed by Microsoft.

[seen a preview of the product](https://medium.com/@owenyin/scoop-oh-the-things-youll-do-with-bing-s-chatgpt-62b42d8d7198) in which they could ask it questions of up to 1,000 characters, with the answers also citing sources. Others say that it’s easier to learn chords on the guitar and you could pick up a strumming pattern in a couple of hours.” LaMDA became a talking point about the potential power of AI last year when a Google engineer went public with claims that it was “sentient”. “It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.” They are fed vast amounts of text from the internet in a process that teaches them how to generate responses to text-based prompts. Pichai said new AI-powered features in its search engine would distill complex information and multiple perspectives into “easy-to-digest” formats.

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Google unveils ChatGPT rival Bard (iTnews)

Public testing to start in "coming weeks". Google will open up its own conversational AI platform called Bard to the public in “coming weeks”, as it seeks to ...

So far, Bard is only accessible to a cohort of users that Google refers to as its “trusted testers”, with public testing to be offered at an undisclosed time - though the wait is measured in weeks, rather than months. “We’re excited for this phase of testing to help us continue to learn and improve Bard’s quality and speed.” Google will open up its own conversational AI platform called Bard to the public in “coming weeks”, as it seeks to capitalise on fevered interest in such tools owing to the popularity of ChatGPT.

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Google unveils Bard, a new AI rival for ChatGPT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The chatbot aims to generate detailed answers when given simple prompts, such as what to make for lunch.

Last week, Google announced a partnership with the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, which is testing its own chatbot to rival ChatGPT. He added that users will soon be able to use language models “as a companion to search”. The company will begin opening up its Generative Language API to companies, developers and creators next month, Pichai said.

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Google unveils ChatGPT rival (9News)

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

"It's critical," Pichai wrote in his post, "that we bring experiences rooted in these models to the world in a bold and responsible way." 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. Microsoft, which has confirmed plans to invest billions OpenAI, has already said it would incorporate the tool into some of its products - and it is rumoured to be planning to integrate it into its search engine, Bing. In the two months since it launched to the public, ChatGPT has been "Bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world's knowledge with the power, intelligence and creativity of our large language models," Pichai wrote. [artificial intelligence](https://www.9news.com.au/artificial-intelligence)chatbot tool dubbed "Bard" in an apparent bid to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT.

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Google Debuts A ChatGPT Rival Called Bard In Limited Release (Forbes)

The service will be initially available to a limited group of testers before a wider release in “coming weeks.”

[reportedly](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-search.html) considered the situation so urgent that he declared a “code red,” shaking up the work of several groups within the company. Google had been working on similar technology using an AI model called LaMDA, which the search giant originally announced in 2021 but hadn’t shipped in any products until now. Google on Monday finally jumped into the generative AI race, announcing a service called Bard, a rival to the popular ChatGPT bot. “It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.” Google on Monday also said it will infuse more AI into its iconic search engine. Google said it can help people perform tasks like planning a baby shower, compare two Oscar-nominated movies, or explain NASA discoveries to a 9-year-old.

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Alphabet to launch ChatGPT challenger Bard (Ticker NEWS)

It looks like we have a challenger to ChatGPT, with Google's parent company, Alphabet, set to launch 'Bard'

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Google reveals AI search tech Bard, as Microsoft adds ChatGPT to ... (ABC News)

Google and Microsoft say artificial intelligence will transform their search engines into chatbots.

"That is actually as important, in some sense, as the quality of the result that you're getting. "The ultimate challenge is an engineering challenge — how do you scale this so it reaches millions of people and you get a millisecond response?" "The ones just starting to appear are going to be perhaps more seductive to us. They're going to be looking at that information thinking, 'Who is this information valuable to? "Google have got to reduce the cost by orders of magnitude — add the speed — for this to be something that can be integrated into every search that you do." Google CEO Sundar Pichai says in a blog post that Bard "seeks to combine the breadth of the world's knowledge" with the "power, intelligence and creativity" of the company's AI technology.

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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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Google launches ChatGPT rival called Bard (BBC News)

The tech giant says its new Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbot will roll out in the coming weeks.

OpenAI recently announced a subscription tier to complement free access. It can generate speeches, songs, marketing copy, news articles and student essays. AI chatbots are designed to answer questions and find information.

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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 looks to challenge ChatGPT and Microsoft with own 'Bard' (PBS NewsHour)

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with "Bard." That's the name the company's given to its conversational ...

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. 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. 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.

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Google Adding 'Bard' Chatbot to Google Search, While Microsoft ... (Mac Rumors)

The growing popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot has inspired Microsoft and Google to add conversational AI functionality into their search...

With Google and Microsoft both rolling out conversational AI products, it is possible that Apple could be planning to introduce similar capabilities to the Safari browser in the future. Microsoft says that the new OpenAI model that it's using is more powerful than ChatGPT, and it has been customized for search. Microsoft worked with OpenAI on ChatGPT, and an upgraded version of the AI technology that powers ChatGPT is built into Bing and Edge. [updated Bing search engine with ChatGPT integration](https://www.bing.com) is available as of today, though in a limited preview capacity. Powered by Google's Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA), Bard is an experimental conversational AI service for Google Search that is set to become available to the public in the coming weeks. Microsoft says that users can refine their searches by asking for more details, clarity, and ideas.

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Bard Could Be ChatGPT's Most Formidable Rival: Google's New AI ... (Screen Rant)

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm since its release last year, but Google's Bard conversational AI model is expected to give it stiff competition.

Either way, it will be worth keeping an eye out for the contest between Bard and ChatGPT, as it will only get more intense in the coming months and years. ChatGPT is also prone to the occasional factual error, but Google believes that Bard could provide more accurate data to users, thanks to the availability of more recent information. [AI experts and tech enthusiasts](https://screenrant.com/google-ai-text-descriptions-music-musiclm/) are excited to see how Bard will take on ChatGPT, there are a few differences between the two tools that could influence how they will approach certain queries. In the meantime, the extensive use of ChatGPT has given rise to serious concerns about ethical usage of AI tools, and the introduction of Bard will only add to the raging debate. Instead, it will only be available to a select group of people before being expanded to more users in the future. [blog post](https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/?uuid=M69a83fYRH44IoEr1391) announcing the new tool, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Bard will combine knowledge gleaned from the web with the company's large language models to offer "fresh, high-quality responses" to users' queries.

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