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Google releases its chatbot - it is more reserved than Microsoft's

Samuel Buchmann
22.3.2023
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"Bard", the chatbot based on Google LaMDA, starts the public test phase. The first experiments show a poorer fact hit rate than Microsoft's "Bing".

Google is already tempering expectations in its press release: "Bard is an experiment," it says in a large disclaimer. Large language models such as LaMDA, on which Bard is based, are a new technology. This would still bring with it many errors. In particular, the company points out that the AI also reproduces misinformation and stereotypes. Nevertheless, there is a lot of potential, for example to increase human productivity or stimulate creativity.

First reports on various US tech portals are cautious. Google seems to be taking a very cautious approach and has set strict limits for Bard. It often apologises and reminds users that it is just a chatbot. So far, no one has been able to tease out any dark sides or a quarrelsome personality from Bard - quite unlike Microsoft's "Bing", which in its first public version urged a journalist to break up with his wife and enter into a relationship with the AI.

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