Google Introduces Bard, A New AI Competitor To ChatGPT
In order to capitalise on the frenzied interest in conversational AI tools brought on by ChatGPT's success, Google will provide its own platform for conversational AI, named Bard, to the general public in the "coming weeks."The "experimental" tool is driven by Google's Language Model for Dialogue Applications, or LaMDA, which it began creating two years ago, according to CEO Sundar Pichai in a blog post.Pichai added, "We're first deploying [Bard] with our lightweight model version of LaMDA.We can grow to more people and get more input because our much smaller model uses a lot less computer power."To ensure that Bard's solutions reach a high standard for quality, safety, and groundedness in real-world situations, we'll mix external feedback with our own internal testing,""We're eager for this testing phase to help us continue to learn and enhance Bard's quality and speed," the statement reads.Currently, only a select group of people that Google describes to as its "trusted testers" have access to Bard; public testing will begin at an undetermined period, albeit the wait will just be a few weeks rather than months.The broad testing and deployment of OpenAI's ChatGPT in both the business and consumer markets, as well as Microsoft's incorporation of technology into its search and productivity suites, have created a sense of urgency.Applications for Bard, according to Pichai, include "pulling on material from the web to offer fresh, high-quality solutions" to inquiries and simplifying complicated subjects.Additionally, he said that work was already under progress to integrate LaMDA and other AI technologies into Google's search engine, which will shortly be live.Additionally, Google intends to provide businesses and third-party developers access to a generative language API starting next month.LaMDA will power the API at first, however Pichai indicated that more models will eventually become accessible.
