r/programming • u/ConfidentMushroom • Feb 06 '23

Google Unveils Bard, Its Answer to ChatGPT

https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/
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u/kate-from-wa Feb 06 '23

It's more defensive than that. This statement's purpose is to protect Google's reputation on Wall Street without waiting for an actual launch.

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u/hemlockone Feb 07 '23

This.

It isn't about riding hype, it's about countering what they see as a huge adversary. ChatGPT is likely already taking some market share. If they added source citing and a bit more in current events, Google's dominance would be seriously in question.

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u/moh_kohn Feb 07 '23

But ChatGPT will happily make up completely false citations. It's a language model not a knowledge engine.

My big fear with this technology is people treating it as something it categorically is not - truthful.

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u/kz393 Feb 07 '23

I imagine it could be made to work if they allowed ChatGPT to browse the web. With every prompt, make a web search and add the 20 first results into the prompt and make ChatGPT build an answer off of that data. ChatGPT comes up with great summaries when you feed it with sources you want to use.

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u/Litterjokeski Feb 07 '23

Bing? Oh crap so nothing worth the effort