Bard: Google’s ChatGPT is now available
Google announced today the availability of Bard, its chatbot powered by artificial intelligence and which competes with ChatGPT, from Open IA. However, unlike the latter, Bard is still available on a very limited basis.
Initially, Bard was only available to Google employees. However, the group announced today the opening of a test phase to the public. This currently concerns US and UK users.
Bard relies on a large language model (LLM), specifically a lightweight and optimized version of LaMDA, and will be updated with newer and better models over time. It builds on Google’s understanding of information quality. You might think of an LLM as a predictive engine. When prompted, it generates a selected response, one word at a time, the words likely to come next. Picking the most likely choice each time would not result in very creative answers, hence the need for some flexibility. Google also guarantees that the more its tool is used, the more effective it will become.
Can we trust Bard 100%? While LLMs are an interesting technology, they are not without their flaws. For example, as they learn from a wide range of information that reflects real-world biases and stereotypes, they sometimes show up in your results. They may also provide inaccurate, misleading or false information by presenting it reliably. For example, when Google was asked to share some suggestions for easy-to-grow houseplants, the artificial intelligence came up with ideas convincingly… but got things wrong, like the scientific name of some plants.
According to Google, Bard is a complement to their search engine, and they really think the two can live together. At least for now. So if you’re in the UK or the US, you can go to bard.google.com and test out the artificial intelligence. Google guarantees that other countries will soon be able to benefit from this test.
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