Google Bard is getting its first significant round of updates since its very uncertain launch, and I’m incredibly excited to see what’s in store. In Official post from Googlethe featured updates coming on April 21st were listed as performance improvements and spice up Bard’s answer, hopefully improving the user experience and strengthening Bard’s backbone.
Most of the updates include expanding draft variety and Bard abilities. Bard will now show a wider variety of options that will be more different from each other when showing drafts to help “expand your creative quest.”
Under the “inaugural experiment update,” Google explains how it launched an “Experiment Updates” page, which it will use to post the latest features, bug fixes, and improvements so people can easily see and test the updates.
We will also get a richer “Google it” feature where additional suggestion topics will appear when people click on this option and we will see an improvement in Google Bard mathematical and logical abilities. This is a hugely positive addition as it could mean an increase in the more technical capabilities of Bard and hopefully bring it closer to the coding capabilities offered by ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing.
Analysis: Forward and up
I am very excited to see Bard getting its inaugural update and see it as a step in the right direction for the AI chatbot. When it comes to chatbots, Bard is my favorite due to its friendly behavior, easy-to-use interface, and overall good vibes. I think Bard has a chance to match, if not surpass, Microsoft Bing if Google plays its cards right and pushes it hard.
Right now, Microsoft’s Bing artificial intelligence has approximately 100 million active usersand the company recently boasted a 15.8% increase in page views, hinting at a potential stream users lured away from Google in terms of dominance in search engines. However, if Google continues to deliver a steady but strong stream of updates and feature enhancements, I think it can win back lost users. I’m sure he hasn’t lost me yet.
Just because Microsoft was the first to come up with AI doesn’t mean it won the race. I think Google has time to blow us all away and I can’t wait to see how far Bard can go.