With the rapid adoption of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s natural language processing AI tool, Google is starting to feel the pinch. While they’ve been working on similar projects for years, Google has decided not to launch it to the public until it is completely happy with it. However, it believes its AI tools is just as good in its current state as ChatGPT, if not better. Now, Google has announced its answer to ChatGPT, which will be discussed at its “Google Presents” event in Paris on Wednesday, which is an experimental conversational AI service, called Bard.
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Announced in a blog post by Google CEP Sundar Pichai, Bard has been built on top of Google’s LaMDA – Language Model for Dialogue Applications. “Bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence and creativity of our large language models,” Pichai declared. “It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.”
Google’s approach to making Bard available to the public is much different than what was done with ChatGPT. Google is starting with the release of a lightweight version of LaMDA, which requires far lower system requirements than its much more capable siblings, for a select group of trusted users before scaling up from there.
“We’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world information,” Pichai said. “We’re excited for this phase of testing to help us continue to learn and improve Bard’s quality and speed.”
Pichai didn’t share many specifics on what Bard will actually be capable of, beyond the flowery “it’s a launchpad for curiosity, helping you to explain new discoveries from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to a 9-year-old,” he explained in an example.
