Google Launches Limited Waitlist for Bard AI Chatbot
Google opens early access to Bard, its new AI chatbot designed to compete with ChatGPT, launching a waitlist for users in the U.S. and U.K. The experimental tool runs on a lightweight version of LaMDA and focuses on open-ended queries without providing source footnotes.
Google opens early access to Bard, its new AI chatbot designed to compete with ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing. Users in the U.S. and U.K. can now join a waitlist at bard.google.com to try the experimental generative AI tool. Google positions Bard as a collaborative assistant that helps users boost productivity, accelerate ideas, and satisfy their curiosity through natural conversation.
The chatbot runs on a lightweight, optimized version of Google's LaMDA language model. Unlike traditional search engines, Bard focuses on "NORA" queries, which are questions without a single right answer. The interface presents a blank chatbox where users type prompts, and the AI generates a complete response all at once based on predictive text algorithms.
Google includes a disclaimer warning that Bard may display inaccurate or offensive information. Unlike Microsoft's Bing chatbot, Bard does not provide footnotes or web sources to help users verify the accuracy of its responses. Users can rate answers with a thumbs up or down, reset the chat, or click a "Google It" button to launch a standard web search for more information.