Google Unveils Bard, Its ChatGPT Rival for AI-Powered Conversation - CNET

Feb 7, 2023 ·

Google has unveiled Bard, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence that the company claims is an improved rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Google's new AI chatbot, Bard, was designed and built entirely in-house. Unlike ChatGPT, which is a large language model trained by OpenAI, Bard is more lightweight and produces more human-like conversations.

Bard is based on two components: a pre-trained text generation and a multi-domain dialogue system. The former focuses on generating natural-sounding responses to user queries, while the latter provides contextual information such as information about the conversation history, entities, topics, and user preferences.

The team at Google used a variety of datasets to train Bard, including public conversations, medical conversations, and movie dialogues. The team also incorporated feedback from human evaluators to ensure that Bard can produce conversations that make sense.

Overall, Bard is intended to provide a more human-like conversational experience, while being able to respond quickly and accurately. It is also capable of understanding contextual information, making it ideal for use in customer service applications.

Google hopes that Bard will eventually be deployed in various settings, such as customer service and healthcare. While its ultimate success remains to be seen, the initial results are promising. As Google continues to refine their technology, they may just have created a powerful new rival to ChatGPT.