How Google's BARD AI is Set to Revolutionize the Way We Communicate

 

What is Google Bard?

Bard is Google's experimental AI chat service. It's supposed to work similar to ChatGPT, but the biggest difference is that the Google service pulls its information from the web.

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Like many AI chatbots, Bard can program, answer math problems, or help with writing.

When was Google Bard introduced?

Bard was announced in a statement by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Feb. 6. Bard was an entirely new concept when it launched, but at launch the AI ​​chat service was based on Google's Language Model for Conversational Applications (LaMDA), which launched two years ago.

How does Google Bard work?

Google Bard is based on Google's own state-of-the-art Large Language Model (LLM) PalM 2, which was presented at Google I/O 2023.

An evolved version of PaLM, PalM 2, released in April 2022, significantly improves Bard's performance, improves performance at higher levels, and fixes previous issues.

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Early versions of Bard used a lightweight version of LaMDA as it required less processing power and was scalable to more users.

LaMDA is based on Transformer, a neural network architecture invented by Google and made open source in 2017. Interestingly, according to Google, the language model that ChatGPT works on, GPT-3, is also based on Transformer.

Some of today's most popular AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Bing Chat, use the GPT series LLMs. Therefore, Google's decision to use its own LLMs, LaMDA and PaLM2, is a bold move by Google. It was a decision.

Who can access Google Bard?

At Google I/O, the tech giant announced that Bard's waiting list is dead and open to the public.

The previous Google Bard waitlist launched on March 21, 2023 and limited users in the US and UK were granted ongoing waitlist access.

What languages ​​is Bard available in?

At Google I/O, Google announced that Bard now supports Japanese and Korean, with 40 more languages ​​to come.

What is the Google Bard controversy?

Google's Bard suffered a beating with a Bard demo that misrepresented the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

 To mark the launch of the AI ​​service, Google posted a demo of its AI chat service on Twitter with the caption: "What can you tell a 9-year-old about the new discoveries made with the James Webb Space Telescope?" . "JWST has captured the first images of an extrasolar planet," Byrd said. People quickly realized that the printed answer was actually wrong.

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“This underscores the importance of a rigorous testing process. Starting this week, we're launching a trusted tester program," a Google spokesman told ZDNET.

The performance of chatbots in practice also led to a lot of negative feedback.

In ZDNET's experience, Bard was unable to answer basic questions, had long wait times, didn't automatically populate resources, and sometimes paled in comparison to more reputable competitors. Google CEO Sundar Pichai described Bard as an "advanced citizen" compared to ChatGPT and Bing Chat.

Google's LaMDA was also criticized prior to Bard's release. As ZDNET's Tiernan Ray reports, shortly after LaMDA's release, former Google engineer Blake Lemoine released a document stating that LaMDA could "feel." The controversy settled after Google denied the allegations and placed Lemoine on administrative leave before firing him from the company.

Google's move from LaMDA to PalM 2 should help alleviate many of Bard's current problems.

Why did Google decide to introduce Google Bard now?

ChatGPT has been a huge hit since its release. ChatGPT has more than 1 million users in less than a week since its launch. According to an analysis by the Swiss bank UBS, ChatGPT is the fastest growing app of all time. This success has prompted other tech companies, including Google, to jump into the space.

That same week, Google introduced Bard and Microsoft introduced a new AI-powered Bing. Bing runs on the next-generation OpenAI Big Language Model, customized specifically for search.

What other artificial intelligence services does Google offer?

Google is developing other AI services that are not yet publicly available. Tech giants are usually cautious when it comes to AI products and wait for their launch to be sure of their performance.

For example, Google has developed an artificial intelligence image generator called Imagen. Once released, it could be a great replacement for OpenAI's DALL-E. Google also has an AI music creator called MusicLM, which it says has no plans to release at this time.

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In a recent article on MusicLM, Google noted that this type of model can be used to exploit the creative content and inherent biases in education that affect people who are underrepresented in both the educational and cultural sectors. Increased concern about theft