Google just brought back Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas to join DeepMind, alongside signing a non-exclusive licensing deal for the startup’s tech. Most staff will remain at Character.AI under an interim CEO, with the startup pivoting toward third-party models. It is another big-tech reverse acqui-hire that regulators are already eyeing closely.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai just revealed that Bard will soon be upgraded to Google's larger PaLM models, bringing sharper reasoning, coding, and math capabilities. Addressing criticism that the bot lags behind rivals, Pichai admitted the initial launch on a lightweight LaMDA was like putting a "souped-up Civic" into a supercar race, but updates are rolling out next week.
Google just opened waitlist access to Bard, its experimental chatbot powered by a lightweight version of LaMDA. The tool helps with writing and brainstorming by offering multiple response drafts alongside a Google Search shortcut to fact-check answers. For now, access is rolling out exclusively in the U.S. and UK.
Google just unveiled Bard, an experimental conversational AI service powered by a lightweight version of its LaMDA model. Bard pulls fresh information directly from the web to answer complex questions, while Google Search is slated to roll out AI-generated summaries for open-ended queries soon. The service is currently limited to trusted testers ahead of a wider public rollout.
Google is prepping a 40-minute showcase to take on ChatGPT with its own AI tech. Reports reveal the search giant is readying "Apprentice Bard," a LaMDA-powered chatbot built to serve up detailed answers and pilot a conversational search interface. Why it matters: Google is making its "code red" response official to protect its core search territory.
Google is bringing conversational AI straight to its search engine very soon, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Thursday's earnings call. Users will soon interact directly with its LaMDA language model in Search, alongside internal tests for chatbot Apprentice Bard. With ad revenue dipping and Microsoft backing OpenAI, Google is also consolidating DeepMind into its core business to accelerate AI deployment.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai just sounded a "Code Red" over ChatGPT, bringing back co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to review its AI roadmap. After stepping away in 2019, the duo held high-level meetings to plan integrating advanced AI features directly into Google search to defend its market dominance.
The EU is moving to pull back the curtain on generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. Lawmakers are updating the upcoming AI Act to force creators like OpenAI and Google to disclose how models are built and trained, backed by potential fines of up to 6% of global turnover. Why it matters: The era of releasing powerful "black box" models into the wild with zero accountability is rapidly coming to an end.
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to sell shares at a staggering $29 billion valuation, while partner Microsoft prepares to inject ChatGPT directly into Bing search as early as March. By swapping lists of blue links for conversational, context-aware answers, Microsoft hopes to mount its first serious challenge in years against Google's search monopoly.
Google is facing intense heat from ChatGPT, with reports confirming it launched a "Code Red operation" to accelerate rival AI launches by mid-2023. While Google possesses its own conversational engine LaMDA, rolling it out threatens its ad-driven search model, which accounted for 81% of its FY2021 revenue.
Google is reportedly treating ChatGPT as a "Code Red" existential threat to its core business, signaling a massive shift in how we seek information online. The conversational bot answers queries directly, threatening the ad-click revenue model that built modern search. While hallucinated facts remain a hurdle, the monopoly over search is finally cracking open.
Google management just sounded a "code red" over OpenAI's viral ChatGPT, viewing the conversational bot as a serious threat to its search business. CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly redirected internal teams to counter the threat and figure out how to defend an ad business that brings in over 80% of revenue.
