Google Launches Bard, its AI Chatbot to Counter ChatGPT

Google has launched Bard, its AI chatbot service in answer to the ferociously viral ChatGPT. The search giant launched its conversational AI in beta form for “trusted testers”. CEO Sundar Pichai, however, has said that the feature would soon hit Google Search for normal users.

Bard is modeled on Google’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA). Pichai says the AI chat service is the result of the company’s efforts in recent years. Earlier, Pichai had declared a “code red” to address ChatGPT’s threat on Google with its own answer. Therefore, we could argue that Google could have expedited its AI chat service after witnessing a surreal craze for ChatGPT, its latest enemy in search. To counter, Google has also tried to make Bard lifelike and conversational.

“Bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of our large language models. It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses. Bard can be an outlet for creativity, and a launchpad for curiosity, helping you to explain new discoveries from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to a 9-year-old or learn more about the best strikers in football right now, and then get drills to build your skills,” Pichai wrote in a blog.

This is how Google Bard looks like

In the same blog, the CEO Pichai also shared what Bard will look like. If you make a query on the latest discoveries from James Webb Space Telescope for your 9-year-old, it would offer a response that is straightforward and easy to understand. Just like ChatGPT, Google is making its AI chat very approachable and convenient. You can also use Bard to compare movies, or plan a weekend or other mundane events.

Google has attempted to make Bard a human-like friend that users can ask and look up to for answers and resolve.

Google Bard vs ChatGPT could be fascinating

In the last few months, everyone has been talking about ChatGPT and its possibility of dethroning the internet king Google of its relevance. While the excitement could have been overstated, there is a substance too. ChatGPT is thorough and extremely engaging. Its responses are so good and detailed that colleges have been forced to ban it from using to avoid students copying the material for their assignments. Many creative digital media are using it to optimize their ads. No wonder many Nepalese have also tried ChatGPT to an obscene amount. Read this: Nepal ranks second in driving ChatGPT growth on Google Search

So the onus was on Google to throw its dice to counter the viral ChatGPT. Bard though a lightweight now, will soon come with more refinement later.

When can I use Google’s AI chat Bard?

Google’s CEO Pichai says the LaMDA-based Bard chatbot is still an “experimental conversational AI service.” It is only accessible to a select few testers and it will only take weeks for general users to be able to use it.

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