Google announced on Tuesday that it will begin opening up access to Bard, its generative AI solution, in the US and UK markets to bring useful AI experiences to people, businesses and communities.
Bart is powered by a search language model (LLM), specifically a lightweight and optimized version of LaMDA, and will be updated over time with newer, more capable models. It forms Google’s understanding of quality information. You can think of LLM as a prediction engine. When listening, it creates an answer by selecting one word at a time from the next possible words. Choosing the most likely choice every time does not lead to the most creative answers, so some flexibility is built in. The better LLMs can predict which answers will be helpful the more people use them.
Although LLMs are an “exciting” technology, they are not without their drawbacks. For example, as they learn from a wide range of information that reflects real-world biases and stereotypes, they sometimes show up in their decisions.
According to Google, while it is important to be aware of such challenges, LLMs still have incredible benefits such as improving human productivity, creativity and curiosity. So, when using Bard, you can choose between a few different drafts of your answer so that you can choose the best starting point for you. You can continue to collaborate with the bard by asking follow-up questions. If you want to see an alternative, you can always try the bart again.
Bard is a direct interface to LLM and a companion experience to Google Search. The bart is designed to make it easy to visit the survey to check your answers or explore resources on the web. Click “Google it” to see suggested queries, and the search will open in a new tab so you can find relevant results and dig deeper.
