Google's ChatGPT competitor, Bard, could soon be directly integrated into its host of tools like Maps, YouTube and Gmail, bringing the power of its AI chatbot to the apps you use every day. These Bard Extensions, which Google initially announced at Google I/O, could also communicate and perform tasks with third-party services like Adobe, Instacart and Zillow, similar to ChatGPT's plugins.
The team at 9to5Google were able to enable an "early preview" of Bard extensions, giving us our first look at what to expect. The preview showed how these extensions will appear in Bard's web app, but though 9to5 Google was able to access the UI, "the extensions themselves don't seem to work" at this time. This isn't particularly surprising, given that Google's likely still laying the groundwork to eventually enable its AI-powered integrations.
