ChatGPT has become one of the most influential online services worldwide. It gained one million users in its first week of launch, and within two months, it amassed 100 million users, setting a record as the fastest network ever to acquire users. Its success changed the landscape of communication services and encouraged Google to respond actively.
google launched Bard on March 21, 2023, as a generative dialog AI based on a large language model (LLM). It is currently only available in the US and UK markets during the pilot phase. Unlike its popular competitor, ChatGPT, Bard has access to current information from the Internet and offers a “Google it” button for search purposes. Additionally, Bard credits his sources for factual information, such as Wikipedia. However, Google cautioned that Bard has limitations and may share misinformation or exhibit bias. This is because you learn from real-world data, including existing biases and stereotypes, making it possible for bias and misinformation to appear in your answers.
AI chatbots are computer programs designed to answer questions online using natural human-like language. They can produce a wide range of content, from marketing speeches and copy to computer code and student essays. OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, reported that within a week of its launch in November 2022, the AI chatbot had already gained more than one million users. Microsoft invested billions of dollars in ChatGPT and integrated it into its Bing search engine last month. Additionally, Microsoft has announced plans to bring a version of the technology to its office applications such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
In contrast, Google has been more cautious and slower to enter the generative AI competition with its version called Bard. The initial release of Bard will only be available in the US and UK, and interested users need to sign up to try it out. Bard is derived from Google’s previous language model, Lambda, which was never fully released to the public. However, it attracted great interest when one of the engineers involved stated that his answers were so convincing that he believed it was sensitive. Google denied the claims and fired the engineer.
according to a BBC articleJack Krawczyk, Google’s senior director of product, has referred to Bard as an “experiment” and hopes it will be used to fuel creativity. He gave an example of how he used Bard to plan his son’s birthday party, where he suggested a theme based on his son’s interests, found a venue, and recommended games and food for the party. Krawczyk emphasized that great language models like Bard are meant to help humans unlock their creativity rather than replace them. Bard can access current information and explain news, unlike ChatGPT, which only knows up to 2021. The article notes that Bard has safeguards in place to prevent him from sharing offensive or harmful information, though these measures aren’t foolproof.
Google announced Bard in February following the success of ChatGPT. Despite being a leader in AI technology, Google has faced challenges shipping products based on its research due to organizational dysfunction and concerns that AI technology could harm profitable core businesses. of the company In 2017, Google invented “transformer” technology, which became the “T” in “GPT.”
Google has announced its plans to improve Bard and introduce new features, such as refining the code, expanding language and country support, and adding additional templates. While Google welcomes feedback from users testing Bard, the company hasn’t specified a specific timeline for these updates.
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Niharika is a technical consulting intern at Marktechpost. She is a third year student, currently pursuing her B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. She is a very enthusiastic individual with a strong interest in machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence and an avid reader of the latest developments in these fields.
