Leaked Documents Reveal Google's PaLM 2 and Upgraded Bard for I/O 2023
Internal documents show Google plans to unveil its new PaLM 2 language model and multiple upgraded versions of Bard at I/O 2023. The leaks highlight a major push to compete in the generative AI space.
Internal documents reveal Google’s AI strategy for I/O 2023, showing a heavy focus on a new large language model called PaLM 2. This upgraded model reportedly supports over 100 languages and operates under the internal codename "Unified Language Model." Google uses PaLM 2 to power various AI tools, and the tech giant already adapts it for specialized tasks like medical diagnosis through a variant known as Med-PaLM 2.
The leaked information also exposes Google’s secret testing of three distinct versions of its Bard chatbot: "Big Bard," "Giant Bard," and "Multi-Bard." While details on Big Bard and Giant Bard remain scarce, Multi-Bard apparently introduces multimodal functionality to the AI experiment. These significant upgrades indicate Google's urgency to close the gap with competitors like ChatGPT.
Interestingly, the leaked documents do not mention Project Magi, which is Google’s highly anticipated next-generation AI search engine. Instead, the focus remains squarely on enhancing the existing Bard platform and establishing PaLM 2 as the company's primary AI workhorse for coding, math, and creative writing tasks.