The AI chatbot race has begun in earnest – but one participant seems to have stumbled: Google Bard. In the excitement and bustle of ChatGPT, Microsoft’s updated Bingand others, Google announced that it would be engaging with its own Artificial Intelligence service, Bard, but a dramatic launch event, followed by some mixed messages, caused The search giant struggled to catch up.
Microsoft launched the new Bing equipped with ChatGPT last month as an additional Bing Search feature. This will likely try to capitalize on the impressive user subscriptions to OpenAI’s ChatGPT engine and steer users in the direction of Bing, as opposed to Google, for example.
Understandably, Google has announced its own candidate – the Google Bard. Now, leaked internal discussions at Google have provided some more insight into what the Google Bard is supposed to be. Based on recordings of meetings with Google executives acquired by CNBC (opens in a new tab), it is currently being developed as something else rather than a specific search engine. This is a notable difference from how it was first presented, including in Google’s own demo video – which failed to build the greatest confidence in the Google Bard after it returned. incorrect information in the demo.
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Messaging by mistake
This initial implementation and the subsequent internal announcement were somewhat contradictory. During the meeting mentioned above, executives answered questions from Google’s internal forums, most of which related to Bard. Bard’s product lead, Jack Krawczyk, answered one of these questions, asking if search is the most appropriate intent for tools like Bard and ChatGPT.
This is a valid question because although they are large linguistic text models (LLMs) that produce convincing-sounding and human-intelligible text, they do not guarantee that their output based on fact.
Jack Krawczyk responded with “Bard is not looking.” He further explains that the Bard is an experimental product and is like a “spark of the imagination” to help “explore your curiosity”. He added that Google can’t stop users from using Bard to search, but he made it clear that this won’t be its primary role, and that if you want to search, that’s the purpose of it. Google search.
Elizabeth Reid, Google’s vice president of search engineering, backed Krawczyk, repeating that Bard would separate from search and that Google wanted to “keep at the core of what search is.” However, she added that Google has had a rich history of using large language models in search, perhaps suggesting that Bard could become one of them.
Again, this is a slight departure from the part leading up to Bard’s announcement, which stated that Bard was being developed to be able to integrate into Google search, and this was heavily emphasized. in the original strategy. . Several unnamed Google employees said the change in messaging had confused them, and that they found the executives’ messages inconsistent.
While Wall Street wasn’t too impressed with this mixed message (Google stock has fallen since Bard was announced), which isn’t necessarily all bad.
We are in the early stages of this technology, so in my opinion it makes sense to be cautious and adhere to as much feedback as possible. Following Bard’s announcement, Google’s company leaders insisted that employees check Bard and correct wrong answers, citing “the great responsibility to get it right.”
The ‘first out of the gate’ position is already in use, and interest in AI chatbots is sure to last for a while, so take the time to make sure it’s at its best. could be a wise move. However, it is difficult to say exactly when Bard will launch, as Google employees themselves seem to be surprised by its current development.
Google’s current leadership has come under close scrutiny, especially for the recent Bard rollout, and no one wants to give out their long-term development cards. Since Google has a monopoly on the search game, their AI chatbot is probably the most desirable, but as we have seen, the slightest mistake can have big consequences.
I’m sure Google will try to avoid this from happening again, but the sooner it’s clear the better it will be for both potential users. And employees, the faster it can catch up with – and even outpace – competitors in the AI chatbot space. After all, Google is more used to leading the group than following
