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The competition to develop the most advanced neural network assistant is heating up as tech giants have entered the race. OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon face challenges from two major tech companies who have unveiled their own similar services. Google is relying on its own language model as the foundation, while Microsoft is utilizing a more advanced version of GPT.
Bard: A ChatGPT Analog for Google Search
On February 6th, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai introduced the trial launch of Bard, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence that functions as a neural network assistant. Currently, there are limited demonstrations of Bard’s capabilities, but Google has provided one scenario showcasing its use in revamping the traditional internet search process. Instead of just presenting a list of links in response to a query, Bard gathers information from multiple sources and adjusts the tone and level of detail based on the context set by the user.
During the presentation, an example was given of the neural network attempting to explain the James Webb Space Telescope to a 9-year-old child, demonstrating its use of recent information from 2023. This stands in contrast to the public version of ChatGPT, which is trained on data from 2021 and sometimes struggles with delivering up-to-date information.
Google intends to integrate AI technology into its standard information output and provided another example of a search query using AI. The query asked about which instrument is easier to learn to play – the piano or guitar – and the answer presented different perspectives, stating that some believe the piano is easier while others believe the guitar is.
How a chatbot works from the inside. Bard operates based on the artificial intelligence technology LaMDA, developed by Google. According to Forbes, access to training data for LaMDA was requested by Google co-founder Sergei Brin in response to the success of ChatGPT. At the end of 2022, Google’s top management declared a “red code” alert due to the growing popularity of ChatGPT.
Initially, Bard will utilize a simplified version of LaMDA which requires less computational power to allow more people to use the service.
The availability of Bard is not yet known, but they promise to make it accessible to everyone “in the coming weeks” without the need for a waiting list.
It’s not currently possible to sign up for beta testing. First, access to Bard will be granted to “vetted testers” and company employees for internal testing, ensuring that Bard provides answers that meet the high standards of quality, safety, and relevance of real Google information.
Bing: Microsoft Updates Its Search Engine with Built-in ChatGPT
On February 7th, the day after Google announced its AI-based chatbot, Microsoft presented its own chat-bot. The company showed an updated Bing search engine: now you can communicate with it, ask questions, and ask it to turn internet information into specific plans and outlines.
The search results in Bing are now divided into two parts. The familiar search results are displayed on the left side of the screen, and chat-bot suggestions are displayed on the right side. The Verge writes that the updated Bing can work with recent events. The algorithm was able to answer questions about its own launch, referring to the news that was published an hour ago.
You can switch from the search results to a separate chat-bot interface. As an example of its work, Microsoft showed how the model helps plan a trip within a three-hour flight from London.
Microsoft also showed an updated Edge browser, which also integrated an updated Bing search. Two new features were also added to the browser. The first feature can create a brief summary of an open web page or document, for example, the content of a financial report. The second feature is capable of comparing these results with the indicators of another company.
The browser can also help write an email or a post for social networks.
How a chatbot works from the inside.
According to Microsoft representatives, OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, contributed to the new features of Bing and Edge.
At the same time, the public version of ChatGPT is based on the GPT-3.5 language model, while Bing and Edge use a newer version, likely GPT-4. Microsoft believes that the new version of the OpenAI model is better suited for search queries, primarily because it accesses current data and better verifies answers.
Additionally, Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI has developed its own “Prometheus” model. It interacts with ChatGPT and allows for all its capabilities to be used. The AI model was also applied to the main search engine. According to Microsoft, this led to the biggest leap in relevance in two decades of search technology.
When will it be possible to use. To try the updated Bing, you need to sign up for the waiting list. Microsoft also offers to move closer to the beginning of the testing queue. To do this, two conditions must be met:
Set Microsoft Bing as the default search engine on your device. Download the Bing app through the QR code. Both points are easily accomplished on a special page, the main thing is to log in to your Microsoft account beforehand. But when access to Bing will be opened and how much the completion of the conditions affects it is unknown.
Who else participates in the chat-bot race
After ChatGPT became the fastest-growing service in history, major corporations also decided to join the fight for audience in similar services.
? Google and Microsoft. They have already presented their analogues. Both companies promise to provide access to chatbots within a few weeks.
? “Yandex”. Also developing its own version of ChatGPT – YaLM 2.0. Its first integrations with services can be launched by the end of 2023. It is planned that the service will become part of “Search”, “Alice” and “Mail”.
?? “Baidu”. The company that owns the largest Chinese search engine, publicly announced plans to create a similar service. It will be called ERNIE, launch is scheduled for March 2023.
Probably, this is not the final list of companies that will release their ChatGPT analogs. There are also less well-known search engines, already able to work with search results in a chat format using neural networks. For example, the You.com service.
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