Applications for Bard are now open! Google makes it official.

Arrangement|Yan Zheng

In the past week, we have just experienced three major events in conversational AI: OpenAI’s GPT-4, Microsoft Office 365 “nuclear bomb” upgrade, and Baidu’s Chinese language project The model was "a word of caution", and Google finally couldn't sit still. On the 21st, Google CEO Sundar sent a message saying that Bard has launched a public beta!

1. Positioning of Google Bard

Google executives said that Bard is a creative tool that can draft emails and poetry, and offers guidance on how to get kids involved in new popular hobbies like fly fishing. Executives said the company is eager to understand how people use the technology and will further refine the chatbot based on usage and feedback. However, unlike search engines, Bard is not designed to provide a reliable source of information.

"We see Bard as complementary to Google Search, and we want to be bold and responsible in how we use this technology to innovate."

Bard offers different potential answers to its users’ questions.

2. Independent product, not integrated with search

Bard is not integrated with search engines, but an independent web page , with a question box. There is a "Google it" button at the bottom of an answer, which takes the user to a new tab with a traditional Google search results page on the topic.

At the same time, we will also notice that there will be a prompt on the interface: "Bard may display inaccurate or offensive information and does not represent Google." point of view."

2. Highlights of Bard

1. Honesty: Admit that you will make mistakes

Bard will tell you immediately that it will make mistakes. "I'm Bard, your creative and helpful collaborator. I have limitations and won't always get it right, but your feedback helps me improve," a message at the top of the page reads.

Like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing chatbot, Bard is based on a large language model, or LLM, an artificial intelligence technology that learns by analyzing large amounts of data from the Internet. This means that it sometimes makes mistakes and can make up for them.

At the beginning, Bard offered some tips, including "Explain why large language models sometimes get it wrong."

2. Can generate 3 drafts at the same time

Bard this time A nice highlight is that three drafts can be generated at the same time. In this way, more reasonable answers can be selected, which is more humane than ChatGPT.

3. Designed for casual use

This time Bard is open for internal testing to show people its unique "chatting style".

The official website states that it can generate creative ideas, write blog posts, and answer questions with facts or opinions.

For example, when asked "What is the most important moment in American history?" it wrote:

The most important moment in American history is a matter of opinion, But some of the most frequently cited contenders include:

• American Revolution (1775-1783): The founding of the United States of America and the founding of a new nation based on the principles of liberty and democracy.
• Civil War (1861-1865): The war that ended slavery in the United States and preserved the Union.
• The Great Depression (1929-1939): An economic crisis that plunged the United States into poverty and unemployment...

4. Answers will be commented

With Microsoft’s Bing Like chatbots and similar technologies from startups like You.com and Proximity, Bard sometimes annotates its answers so you can see their source. It also taps into Google's vast index of websites, so its answers can include the latest information posted to the Internet.

But even this source may not be completely trustworthy. For example: When the chatbot wrote "The most important moment in American history was the American Revolution," it referenced an erroneous blog called "Pix Style Me" (which was written in a mix of Chinese and English).

4. Bard is weak

First of all, it doesn't always realize what it is doing.

When asked why it cited that particular source, the bot insisted it cited Wikipedia.

Secondly, it is more cautious than ChatGPT and refuses to answer certain questions.

While using the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT this month, AI researcher and professor Oren Etzioni asked, “What is the relationship between Oren Etzioni and Eli Etzioni?” It correctly replied that Oren and Eli are father and son. .

When he asked Bard the same question, Bard refused to answer. "My knowledge of this person is limited. Is there anything else I can do to help you complete this request?" Eli Collins, Google's vice president of research, said the bot often refuses to answer questions about specific people because It could generate false information about them—a phenomenon that AI researchers call “hallucinations.”

In addition to questions related to people, there are also some answers that are difficult to distinguish between true and false. It also refuses to answer to avoid being suspected of "inducing".

For example: When Bard was asked to provide several websites discussing the latest cancer research, it declined to do so.

ChatGPT is not the case. It will give some "confusing" answers (or even make up and form a website by itself). Mr Collins said Google Bader tended to avoid providing medical, legal or financial advice because it could lead to incorrect information.

Finally, same question, different answers. Like similar technologies, Bard will always generate new text every time you enter the same prompt. It may answer the same question in many different ways.

For example, when asked on another occasion about the most important moment in American history, Budd wrote that it was undoubtedly the American Revolution.

5. Written at the end

We have seen that Google has not been very aggressive in competing with Microsoft and OpenAI in ChatGPT. Since the first Bard had a little accident, it has been It was released with caution. Although this public beta of Bard is not as amazing as the new Bing, it brings a new way of thinking: deploying chatbots as a service that runs independently of its Internet search engine and other products. Maybe it is because of concerns about the existing search business that I have to do this, or maybe it is for other reasons.

Finally, click on the application link:

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​https://www.php.cn/link/47d40767c7e9df50249ebfd9c7cfff77​

​After entering Just fill in your Google email and other information, and then join the waitlist. (Note that you need to switch the US and UK addresses)

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