Google is releasing BARD, its AI response to ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing Chat by OpenAI. In a blog post on Google’s website, Bard is described as an AI tool designed to enhance productivity, accelerate idea generation, and foster curiosity. Bard can be used to receive tips, explanations, or creative assistance in tasks. With Bard, Google aims to establish its presence in the AI chatbot field while maintaining its dominance in the search engine market. Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s entry into chatbot technology with Bing, Google has positioned artificial intelligence as its central focus. Google has been developing the technology behind Bard since 2015. However, similar to OpenAI and Microsoft’s chatbots, Bard has not been widely released due to concerns about generating unreliable information, and Google aims to responsibly release Bard to a broader audience. Bard is powered by a Large Language Model (LLM) research model – a lightweight and improved version of LaMDA. Like ChatGPT and its counterparts, the more people use LLM, the better and more accurate the models become. Bard was designed as a complementary experience to Google search, allowing users to check its responses. Google allows users to choose a response from several drafts of Bard’s response and then continue the conversation by asking questions (prompts). Google is not lagging behind, and the company’s internal teams, including artificial intelligence safety researchers, are working to expedite approval for a variety of new AI products. Brad is not yet available in Israel (Israeli IP), but the limited launch can be bypassed with a VPN. It is currently available in the United States and the United Kingdom. Google requires users to sign in with Gmail to register and does not accept Google Workspace email accounts at this stage.
