Googlers are buzzing about rival ChatGPT company Bard’s announcement, and many aren’t happy with how things turned out. According to a CNBC reportGoogle employees call the launch of the AI chatbot “rushed” and “botched” in posts on the company’s internal message boards, with many pointing to CEO Sundar Pichai.
“Dear Sundar, the launch of Bard and the layoffs were rushed, botched and short-sighted,” one user wrote in a highly voted post seen by CNBC, referring to last month’s job cuts that eliminated 12,000 workers. Other Google employees reportedly posted memes comparing last year at Google to a dumpster fire, while another employee said “pushing Bard into the market in a panic validated the market’s fear of us.” Google shares took a hit after news of Bard’s mistake began to circulate. losing nearly $100 billion of its market value in a single day.
Google’s ChatGPT competitor won’t see increased availability for weeks, but with Microsoft planning to change web search with a bot that can provide annotated responses to various types of queries, it’s no surprise that Google, arguably the king of the search, he decided to show Bard now, even if it was a little earlier than expected.
