For nearly two decades, the search engine Google has been the first and largest portal to the Internet, but in November 2022 it faces its first potential competitor, an interactive conversational bot (ChatGPT) that has revolutionized the Internet by invading the field of artificial intelligence and has now become One of the hot topics in the tech community.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI dominates the generative AI using bots (ChatGPT) market and will become the fastest growing web platform when it reaches over 100 million monthly active users in just two and a half months after launch. The continuous growth of applications which has led to the great success of all the technology companies has led to the rapid deployment of updates and new products to keep pace with this new technology revolution that we are currently witnessing.
Google was among the first to respond to the uproar when it hastily announced the first beta version of Bard, a new ChatGPT bot competitor, last week.
What is Google Bard, how do I use it, and what are its advantages? Here's everything you need to know about the new entrants to the AI market:
Firstly; What is Google Bard?
Google Bard; It is an interactive chatbot powered by Google's artificial intelligence that can respond to various requests and requests in a dialogue. It should work in the same way as the ChatGPT bot, with the main difference being that the Google bot pulls information from the web.
Bard will be more than just a chatbot, but Google should integrate its functionality into its search engine to provide a summary answer engine for what users are searching for, in addition to the usual traditional Google search results, although this will not be widely used. Uses. Until now.
second; When will Google announce Bard?
Google announced Bard on February 6 in a statement shared by the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, on the Google blog. If Pichai confirms that it is more than just a chatbot, its functionality will be integrated into Google's engine.
Pichai talked about the variety of information Bard can provide, from simplifying complex scientific concepts to revealing the latest sports news or teaching users new skills. Not only will Bard cater to ordinary users, but Google will also provide APIs for developers to take advantage of its features and integrate them into their apps.
third; What is lambda?
Google Bard is based on LaMDA, a large language model introduced by Google two years ago that is similar to that used in ChatGPT (GPT-3) bots.
LaMDA model differs from other language models in that it is trained on dialogue rather than text, so we will find that (GPT-3) focuses on creating text while LaMDA focuses on generating dialogue.
What makes LaMDA unique is that it can generate dialogues in a free form, not restricted by task-based response criteria. The template uses concepts like user intent, reinforcement learning, and recommendations to allow conversations to move seamlessly between unrelated topics.
Google developed the (LaMDA) model based on (Transformer), an open source neural network architecture for natural language understanding that Google announced in 2017. It is one of the most popular classes of machine learning models, and it is the newest and most powerful ever invented. . It is the cornerstone of many generative AI applications we see today, one of which is the GPT-3 model used in ChatGPT.
In an August 2021 paper, researchers at Stanford University call Transform the “base model”—a flexible, reusable model for AI that can be applied to nearly any industrial field or task—because they believe it could become an artificial quantum that drives intelligence. . The leap that has expanded our imagination of what is possible in recent years.
What Google says about (Transformer): "This structure results in a model that can be trained to read many words, like this one you think will be next."
Therefore, the LaMDA model can understand the conversation because it has been trained to understand the context of the conversation, which allows it to follow the flow of the conversation and appear to be listening carefully and reacting to what is happening.
The first version of Bard will use a light initial version of LaMDA because it consumes less processing power, which will help Google open up the service to more users and get feedback and suggestions faster.
In addition to the LaMDA model, Bard pulls information from the Internet to provide answers. "This mechanism will provide users with new, high-quality answers," Pichai said.
fourth; How do you use Google Bard?
Google Bard has yet to be released to the public as it is currently being tested with a small group of trusted testers and will be available to the public in the coming weeks.
In this regard, (Pichai) said: "We will collect feedback from internal tests and feedback from users who tested Bard to develop the service and improve the response to ensure it is ready for release while we adhere to Google's artificial intelligence accountability standards."
Fifth ; The most important functions and possible uses of Google Bard:
Interactive chatbots are not yet capable of full-fledged conversations like humans, but they do so by creating a wide variety of digital texts that can be reused in almost any context, including those trained to understand text. Conversations of those who were trained to understand the context were included, as were those trying to understand the context of the conversation. Google's Bard bot does this with:
- Gather insights from user and network responses to generate new, high-quality responses.
- Initial testing was conducted with a lightweight prototype version of LaMDA, which will then evolve into future versions, meaning faster and more accurate responses.
- Collect feedback to improve the AI system in the future.
Google is also trying to revolutionize information collection and the way we use search engines by developing its own AI technology. Therefore, expect a number of use cases for Google Bard bot after it is officially launched, and the most expected ones are:
- Get the correct answer to your question with an advanced artificial intelligence algorithm where you can ask any questions you want.
- Use the Google search engine to find information more easily, whether you're looking for the weather or the latest sports scores.
- Simplify complex information and explain new discoveries.
- Seamlessly automate even the most complex tasks.
- It makes it easier to perform everyday tasks, especially activities such as time management and planning.
- Facilitate conversations with users on any topic.
Google has a long history of using AI to improve search and is now using the latest AI technology to create entirely new ways to interact with information, be it through voice, images, audio or video.
VI; Why is there so much controversy about cool now?
Google Bud caused a lot of controversy after Google announced that it was reported last Wednesday that Google lost $100 billion in market value even though it is still in beta and not yet available to all users. Why?
This happened because the erroneous information provided by the bot (Cool) appeared in a promotional video released by Google during its press release.
When the robot was asked, "What new discoveries can I tell my 9-year-old about the James Webb telescope?" As the question arises, the answer is in the form of simplified points, except that it contains an error because in one of the points, as mentioned (James Webb), he took the first picture of a planet outside our solar system.
But people quickly caught the mistake and tweeted their outrage at Bard. The first image of a planet outside our solar system was taken by the European Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2004. This is known information documented on the NASA website.
In response, a Google spokesperson told the media, "This underscores the importance of rigorous testing, which we have already begun as part of the Trusted Tester program," referring to the company's program, which includes a set of allowing users to try out its new services and express their opinions about them.
However, LaMDA came under heavy criticism before Bard was announced after Google AI engineer Blake Lemoine provided the company with a document requiring it to declare LaMDA as consciously considerate and meet its requirements.
Blake Lemoine told The Washington Post in June 2022 that the LaMDA model is developing emotional awareness and awareness because it has the ability to perceive and express thoughts and feelings similar to those of an 8-year-old.
The controversy settled after Google flatly denied it and placed Blake Lemoyne on paid administrative leave before sacking him.
Seventh, why did Google decide to launch Bud now?
As mentioned before; The ChatGPT bot has been a huge success since its launch, a report by the Swiss financial services group USB states that it is the fastest growing web application ever, and because of these success stories, Google technology companies including Google are trying to get where they are in the growing growth. Microsoft-backed OpenAI dominates the generative AI market.
This success also prompted Microsoft to increase its investment in OpenAI to $10 billion and acquire the rights to use ChatGPT in its software. It also announced — the day after Google announced Bard — that it had integrated an updated version of ChatGPT into Bing. Edge browser and search engine.
eighth; What other AI services does Google provide?
Google has also developed other AI services that haven't been released yet. Google generally takes AI products very carefully and doesn't release them until they are sure of their capabilities. For example, it has developed an AI-based tool for generating images from text called Imagen, which should be a great replacement for OpenAI DALL-E when it's released.
Google has also developed a lyrics generator tool called MusicLM, but says it has no plans to release it yet.