Bard, Google

2023 - 3 - 21

Google begins public testing of Bard chatbot (Axios)

Tech companies are in a race to show they are on top of the white-hot AI trend.

- Google says Bard in many cases will offer three options, or "drafts," of its answer to a particular prompt. to start accessing the experimental version of Bard, its [LaMDA](https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/)large language model. [ChatGPT](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/24/chatgpt-openai-iphone-boom) rival. Google has started allowing some users in the U.S. [Technology](https://www.axios.com/technology)

Google Rolls Out Its Bard Chatbot to Battle ChatGPT (WIRED)

Google's Bard AI bot has entered the chat. But Google warns that, like its competitor, it will sometimes “hallucinate."

Google says early users of Bard have found it a useful aid for generating ideas or text. For a company like Google with large established products, the challenge is particularly difficult. Google will also offer a recommended query for a conventional web search beneath each Bard response. [artificial intelligence](https://www.wired.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) or [search](https://www.wired.com/tag/search/), but today the company is hustling to show that it hasn’t lost its edge. Google says it has made Bard available to a small number of testers. Google disclosed an example of it misstating the name of a plant suggested for growing indoors.

Google Says You Can Now Try Out Bard, Its ChatGPT Rival (CNET)

The search giant rolls out the AI chatbot, starting with people in the US and UK.

The mass interest has also led to grand speculation about our AI future and the [potential for misunderstanding](/tech/one-thing-were-getting-wrong-about-ai/). [estimated to have reached 100 million active users](https://www.reuters.com/technology/chatgpt-sets-record-fastest-growing-user-base-analyst-note-2023-02-01/), making it the [fastest-growing web platform ever](https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-just-became-the-fastest-growing-app-of-all-time/). The company didn't respond to a request for additional comment. The company is starting with people in the US and UK, who can go to the [Bard site](https://bard.google.com/) to join a waitlist. The company pointed to its own [ChatGPT captured imaginations](/tech/computing/why-were-all-obsessed-with-the-mind-blowing-chatgpt-ai-chatbot/) with its ability to give humanlike answers to just about any question, from writing oddly specific poems to producing convincing cover letters for social media managers.

Bard: how Google's chatbot gave me a comedy of errors (The Guardian)

It is connected to the live internet, but this AI tool seems trained to give the least insightful answers.

I explain the rules in detail, and it tells me to go ahead, so I tell it my name is Alex and I’m a standup comedian. I even tried playing a game with it, called Liar Liar: I tell it about myself, and it tries to guess if I’m telling it the truth. It initially offered generic advice for travelling with a disabled child – heavy on tips referring to wheelchair accessibility – and when I pushed it for specifics, it warned me that as Britons, we would need to apply for a visa to travel there. Unlike ChatGPT, Bard is hooked up to the live internet and can pull answers in from other sites when needed. Ask it for a list of holiday ideas, and it will offer only the most generic possible options; try to prompt for more interesting fare, and it seems to get hopelessly muddled by the increasing constraints, forgetting earlier requirements. “LaMDA is a sweet kid who just wants to help the world be a better place for all of us,” Lemoine said in a parting email to colleagues.

Google Bard is here and disappointing vs. Bing Chat and ChatGPT (Search Engine Land)

Google has finally launched Bard. Here's a first look at indexing speeds, inconsistencies and search intent on Google's AI chatbot.

This can be reassuring for SEOs as it shows Bard won't be the end of Google search. However, when I click the “Google it” button, Bard does not know I am inquiring about itself. However, it feels like Google rushed to push out a minimum viable product that does not compare to other tools on the market. This connects Bard to what we know best, Google search. Bard was no longer able to answer the question. I believe organic search listings will still play a vital role in search engines. This leaves many SEOs concerned with how Bard will affect organic traffic to their sites. “Bard's ability to hold context is purposefully limited for now. I wondered if Bard had something in place to match Bing Chat's impressive indexing speeds. While Bard has built-in safety controls and clear mechanisms for feedback in line with our– With your feedback, Bard will keep getting better and better.”– I’ve had the opportunity to play around with Google’s new AI chatbot, and I’m getting mixed results.

I tested Google Bard. It was surprising -- in a bad way (ZDNet)

AI chatbots have wowed users with their text generation and other advanced abilities, as well as some bizarre behavior. Bard has its own surprises in store.

It is important to acknowledge that Google Bard is still in its very early stages and using a limited version of LaMDA. The more straightforward prompt was, "Write a function to reverse a string in Python." Lastly, it was time to test the chatbot's coding skills, which is where Bard failed. Within seconds it provide easy to implement suggestions that could help optimize the text. Bard did a decent job at providing some basic information I could work from or tweak to include in a resume. Google Bard failed to output results that were on par to ChatGPT's. However, you still have to scroll to find your answer like you would with a regular Google search as seen below. That is one of the first issues a chatbot linked to the web should have worked to resolve. prompt, Bard did a nice job at rounding up the latest stories, but if I wanted to learn more about any of them, I would have to go to the search bar and type it in myself. With Bard, you just have to take its word. Its biggest limitations are that it doesn't have access to the internet and is limited to information before 2021. [incorrect information](https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-chatgpt-competitor-spaces-out-at-the-start/) about the James Webb Telescope.