Introducing Bard, Google’s AI Collaborator
Google has started to open access to Bard, a new AI chatbot designed to collaborate with users using generative AI. The early experiment will initially be available in the U.S. and the U.K., with plans to expand to more countries and languages over time. Bard aims to boost productivity, accelerate ideas, and fuel curiosity by assisting users with tasks such as setting goals, simplifying complex concepts, and sparking creativity.
About Bard: Powered by a Lightweight LaMDA
Bard is based on a research large language model (LLM), specifically a lightweight and optimized version of Google’s LaMDA. The AI chatbot functions as a prediction engine, generating responses one word at a time based on probability. Although LLMs can sometimes produce biased, misleading, or inaccurate information, they also offer numerous benefits, such as enhancing human productivity, creativity, and curiosity.
Bard Offers Multiple Drafts for User Collaboration
To address LLM limitations, Bard often presents users with multiple drafts of its response, allowing them to choose the most suitable starting point. Users can then continue collaborating with Bard, asking follow-up questions or requesting alternative answers. This collaborative approach aims to maximize the utility and relevance of Bard’s responses.
Bard and Google Search: Complementary Experiences
Bard is intended to complement Google Search by providing a direct interface to an LLM. Users can easily visit Google Search to verify Bard’s responses or explore additional sources across the web. Google plans to integrate LLMs into Search more deeply, further enhancing the synergy between the two tools.
Building Bard Responsibly with AI Principles
Google’s development of Bard is guided by its AI Principles, with a strong focus on quality and safety. The tech giant employs human feedback and evaluation to improve Bard’s systems, while also implementing guardrails such as capping the number of exchanges in a dialogue to maintain helpful and on-topic interactions.
Sign Up to Try Bard and Help It Improve
Bard is continuously being improved, with plans to add coding, more languages, and multimodal experiences in the future. Users can sign up to try Bard at bard.google.com, with access rolling out in the U.S. and U.K. before expanding to additional countries and languages. User feedback will be crucial in refining Bard’s performance and capabilities.
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