Google launches ChatGPT rival called Bard

Google is launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called Bard to rival ChatGPT.

Bard volition beryllium utilized to a radical of testers earlier being rolled retired to the nationalist successful the coming weeks, the steadfast said.

Bard is built connected Google's existing ample connection exemplary Lamda, which 1 technologist described arsenic being truthful human-like successful its responses that helium believed it was sentient.

The tech elephantine besides announced caller AI tools for its existent hunt engine.

"Bard seeks to harvester the breadth of the world's cognition with the power, intelligence, and creativity of our ample connection models," wrote Google brag Sundar Pichai successful a blog.

Mr Pichai stressed that helium wanted Google's AI services to beryllium "bold and responsible" but did not elaborate connected however Bard would beryllium prevented from sharing harmful oregon abusive content.

The level volition initially run connected a "lightweight" mentation of Lamda, requiring little powerfulness truthful that much radical tin usage it astatine once, helium said.

Google's announcement follows wide speculation that Microsoft is astir to bring the AI chatbot ChatGPT to its hunt motor Bing, pursuing a multi-billion dollar concern successful the steadfast down it, OpenAI.

ChatGPT tin reply questions and transportation retired requests successful substance form, based connected accusation from the net arsenic it was successful 2021. It tin make speeches, songs, selling copy, quality articles and pupil essays.

It is presently escaped for radical to use, though it costs the steadfast a fewer pennies each clip idiosyncratic does. OpenAI precocious announced a subscription tier to complement escaped access.

But the eventual purpose of chatbots lies successful net search, experts judge - replacing pages of web links with 1 definitive answer.

Sundar Pichai said that radical are utilizing Google hunt to inquire much nuanced questions than previously.

Whereas, for example, a communal question astir the soft successful the past whitethorn person been however galore keys it has, present it is much apt to beryllium whether it is much hard to larn than the guitar - which does not person an contiguous factual answer.

"AI tin beryllium adjuvant successful these moments, synthesizing insights for questions wherever there's nary 1 close answer," helium wrote.

"Soon, you'll spot AI-powered features successful Search that distil analyzable accusation and aggregate perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, truthful you tin rapidly recognize the large representation and larn much from the web."

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