Bard is a conversational generative AI chatbot developed by Google AI. It was initially based on the LaMDA family of language models before being upgraded to PaLM and finally to its current Gemini architecture. Launched in March 2023, Bard is available in 46 languages and 238 countries.
Offers & Benefits:
- Free to use: Unlike some other AI chatbots, Bard is completely free to use and access.
- Multilingual capabilities: Bard can communicate and understand 46 different languages, making it a valuable tool for multilingual users.
- Diverse tasks and applications: Bard can perform a wide range of tasks, including answering your questions in an informative way, generating different creative text formats, translating languages, and writing different kinds of content.
- Constantly learning and improving: Google AI is actively developing and improving Bard, regularly adding new features and capabilities.
Review:
While Bard is still under development, it has received generally positive reviews for its ability to generate human-quality text, translate languages accurately, and answer questions in a comprehensive and informative way. Users appreciate its versatility and its potential to be a helpful tool for various tasks. However, some limitations include its inability to perform actions in the real world and its occasional factual errors.
Key Features:
- Generative text formats: Bard can create poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, emails, letters, etc.
- Question answering: Bard can answer your questions in an informative way, even if they are open-ended, challenging, or strange.
- Language translation: Bard can translate between 46 different languages.
- Multilingual support: Bard can communicate and understand 46 different languages.
- Code execution: Bard can understand and execute basic Python code.
- Data tables: Bard can generate and export data tables to Google Sheets.
Additional Details:
- Privacy: Google has implemented various privacy measures to protect user data. However, it is important to be aware of the potential privacy implications of using any AI chatbot.
- Transparency: Bard is not designed to be transparent about its inner workings. It is important to remember that Bard's responses are generated by algorithms and may not always be accurate or reliable.
- Accessibility: Bard is accessible through a web app and can be used on most devices.
Specifications:
- Language Model: PaLM/Gemini (previously LaMDA)
- Languages Supported: 46
- Capabilities:
- Answering questions in an informative way
- Generating different creative text formats (poems, code, scripts, etc.)
- Translating languages
- Writing different kinds of content
- Understanding and executing basic Python code
- Generating and exporting data tables to Google Sheets
- Limitations:
- Cannot perform actions in the real world
- May generate factual errors
- Limited transparency about internal workings
5 Alternative AI's:
- LaMDA: Predecessor to Bard, also by Google AI
- Megatron-Turing NLG: Large language model is known for factual language generation
- Jurassic-1 Jumbo: Large language model trained on a massive dataset of text and code
- WuDao 2.0: Large language model developed by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
- GPT-3: Well-known language model with diverse capabilities, including text generation and translation
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Category: Conversational AI chatbot
Price: Free to use
Website: https://bard.google.com
Name: Google Bard
New Name is Gemini in February 2024
