Google Opens Up Access to Bard AI Chatbot

Google today began allowing users to sign up to use Bard, its AI-powered chatbot that rivals Microsoft's Bing chatbot. First announced back in February, Bard is an experimental conversational AI service for Google Search.

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Those interested in Bard can join Google's waitlist to get access, and some users have reported getting invitation emails just hours after signing up. There are a long list of sample functions that Google says Bard can perform:

  • Explain why lightning might strike in the same place twice
  • Help you write your first novel
  • Draft a packing list for your weekend trip
  • Outline a blogpost about your summer mocktail recipes
  • Explain why large language models might make mistakes
  • Generate an art studio tagline
  • Suggest high-protein options to add to a vegan diet

Bard beta access is limited to the United States and UK at the current time, and there is an unknown wait time. Google does not allow Google Workspace accounts to request an invitation.

According to Google, Bard is using a "lightweight and optimized version of LaMDA," so the chatbot will offer a different experience than the OpenAI-powered Bing chat interface.

Bard is not designed to replace Google Search, and Google instead says it is "complementary." Google warns that Bard learns from a wide range of information that includes real-world biases and stereotypes, so the chatbot can provide inaccurate, misleading, or false information. It will improve over time based on feedback, and Google plans to add capabilities like coding and more languages in the future.

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Top Rated Comments

TheYayAreaLiving ?️ Avatar
29 months ago
First, Bard? What kinda name is that?

Secondly, Google Bard can’t write a function that adds two numbers.



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rafark Avatar
29 months ago
We need an ai that sources its data from reputable books and universities only. That’d truly be a game changer.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mystery hill Avatar
29 months ago
Bard. Who comes up with these names?
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
no_idea Avatar
29 months ago
I mean…what else does a company with $1.4T market cap do in a situation like this…rush a sub par chat bot out the window. I think this is fair to say this is Google’s Siri moment ?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Michael Scrip Avatar
29 months ago
One person uses a chatbot to read a bunch of work emails and writes an AI generated response.

Then that person does the same and replies with another AI generated response.

Pretty soon it's just chatbots replying to other chatbots.

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Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
CapitalIdea Avatar
29 months ago
There’s a typo in the article. It refers to Bard as a “rival” to ChatGPT. Given the demo, that’s quite a stretch even for a generous writer.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)