DeepMind is readying a more 'grown-up' ChatGPT rival
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis just revealed that the company is considering a private beta for its Sparrow chatbot in 2023. Unlike OpenAI's freewheeling assistant, Sparrow focuses heavily on safety guardrails and citing specific sources—providing evidence for factual answers 78% of the time in early tests. DeepMind is betting that caution and verifiable facts will matter more than unconstrained generation.