Google has finally launched its AI-powered chatbot, a language tool called Bard, which is similar to ChatGPT and Bing AI.
Despite still being in beta, the model can generate coherent and usually contextually relevant responses to queries.
Google Bard had a rough and unimpressive launch when it answered incorrectly to a prompt during Google’s I/O event. The model has certain features unavailable to other chatbots, but also lacks quite a few essentials necessary when compared with Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.
Google Bard has a welcoming bright interface, though lacks many of the features available for ChatGPT like conversation history. The AI model has Alexa and Google assistant integration, which isn’t available for other chatbots. You can edit already-asked questions and restart the conversation from any point. You also see a neat button for Googling the response through the search engine, under every response.
Bard’s voice tone is very human-like, always ready to apologise and admit their mistakes where need be. In comparison to ChatGPT and Bing AI, I found the response time slightly slower. The chatbot had information about everything except ChatGPT, of course, which it failed to comment on.
When questioned about history essays or political opinions on leaders, Bard had quite an interesting take, with provided examples to support his stance, and the ability to identify key figures around the world.
However, Google is currently keeping a record of all user data including edits to prompts made in the conversation, so users are warned about sharing personal data.
Similar to ChatGPT, Bard will let you copy responses, and will additionally let you share them directly via Gmail draft or a Google Document.
Despite having a rocky start, Bard seems to offer an optimistic future of improvements, as Google evolves the bot to be better and faster in its responses.
