Google on Monday hint ated an artificial intelligence chatbot technology called Bard that the company will begin rolling out in the coming weeks. The word confirms CNBC’s prior reporting. Bard will compete directly with rival ChatGPT, an AI service produced by OpenAI.
Bard is powered by the company’s large language model LaMDA, or Language Model for Dialogue Applications. Google drive open up the conversation technology to “trusted testers” ahead of making it more widely available to the public, the company said in a blog job Monday.
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Last week, CNBC reported that Google is testing some of these columns with employees as part of a “code red” plan to respond to ChatGPT, the popular chatbot backed in part by Microsoft. Stresses included a chatbot called “Apprentice Bard,” as well as new search desktop designs that could be used in a question-and-answer order.
“Soon, you’ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest organizations, so you can quickly understand the big picture and learn more from the web: whether that’s seeking out additional perspectives, like blogs from being who play both piano and guitar, or going deeper on a related topic, like steps to get started as a beginner,” a postcarded CEO Sundar Pichai.
The company gave an example of using Bard to simplify complex topics, like explaining new conceptions from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to a 9-year-old.
The product tests come after a recent all-hands tryst where employees raised concerns about the company’s competitive edge in AI, given the sudden popularity of ChatGPT.
Google Bard
CNBC reported that Google’s AI chief, Jeff Dean, told employees at the heyday that the company has much more “reputational risk” in providing wrong information and thus is moving “more conservatively than a unimportant startup.” However, he and Pichai teased at the time that Google may launch similar products to the public sometime this year.
Google’s prime vocation is web search, and the company has long touted itself as a pioneer in AI. Leaders have been asking more employees for feedback on the elbow-greases in recent weeks.
The company emphasized Monday that it will need rigorous testing, saying “we’ll combine exotic feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world facts.”
