Google hurriedly unleashed Bard, an AI chatbot, as ChatGPT's success threatened to snatch one of their main target audiences: information seekers. In late March, Google opened Bard to the public. (If you're interested in trying it out yourself, you can sign up here).
Reviewers' first impressions of Bard have been largely positive (although many complain that it is inaccurate at times), but inside Google's offices, the AI chatbot is apparently extremely unpopular. According to a scathing Bloomberg report, Google is ignoring ethical commitments in favor of winning the AI race against Open AI (ChatGPT's creator).
