Looks like Bing’s Chat GPT is throwing Google into panic mode
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It seems that news of google bardThe company’s AI shortcomings are already rippling through the company and the CEO is taking action, according to a new report.
According to a leaked business memo first revealed by Business Insider and reported by Gizmodo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a company-wide email to the technology giant’s employees stating that he would “appreciate” all staff to “contribute in a deeper way.” He now requires them to take two to four days to test out Bard’s AI to find kinks and issues that need fixing.
A Google spokesperson told Gizmodo that “Testing and feedback, from Googlers and third-party trusted testers, are important aspects of improving Bard to ensure it’s ready for our users.” However, they have never specified how long and how often these required tests for employees will take.
The consequences of Google’s fear
Google released Bard last week after that Microsoft revealed its own ChatGPT AI integration in its new and improved Bing. Google employees had complained about the rushed launch and, according to one report from CNET, used the company’s internal meme forum MemeGen to fool the AI.
It’s no wonder they mock Bard; even during the Live from Paris live streaming event who debuted Google’s LaMDA chatbot-powered AI program made the bot one main factual error that resulted in the company’s market value dropping by $100 billion in one day. Since then, employee-created memes have called both the technology and presentation “rushed, botched and myopic.”
And yet, because Google seems so shaken up by Microsoft’s AI search program, Bard is now in a rocky place, with the tech giant forcing employees to take time off their own work schedules to poke and prod an unpolished AI to stop stumbling around so much.
And the fear such a botched launch sparked is ironic given all the problems Microsoft Bing’s own AI-powered search program has had, between have a malfunction And making things up while having tantrums. It remains to be seen how Google Bard will be fair, but considering how messed up things have been before it, it has a long way to make up for its loss of reputation.