Google poised to unveil its chatbot technology in response to ChatGPT?
Google's entry into the chatbot market comes as a response to the growing popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has revolutionized the way people interact with AI
Google is preparing to unveil its own chatbot technology to the public in the near future. This move is seen as a response to the immense success of ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot backed by Microsoft, which has captured the world’s attention after being made available to the public for free.
Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai believes that we have reached a crucial turning point in the use of artificial intelligence, and that Google is perfectly placed to take advantage of this. He highlighted the company’s two major language models, LaMDA and PaLM, with LaMDA being set for a public release soon.
Pichai expressed his confidence in Google’s capabilities in this field and stated that the company is “extremely well positioned” to make a significant impact. With the rise of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it’s clear that this technology is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives, and Google is determined to be at the forefront of this revolution.
According to a report by CNBC, Google is currently testing an AI chatbot called Apprentice Bard that shares similarities with ChatGPT. This chatbot is using a technology called LaMDA, which has gained attention in recent months.
LaMDA came to the forefront after a Google engineer claimed that the technology was “sentient”. This resulted in the engineer being suspended and later dismissed by the company. However, Google has dismissed these claims as “wholly unfounded”.
In a conference call with Alphabet’s investors, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the company plans to make its language models, starting with LaMDA, available to the public in the upcoming months. This will allow people to interact directly with the models.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently hinted at the company’s plans to integrate chatbot technology into its services. According to Pichai, users will soon be able to interact with Google’s advanced language models in experimental and innovative ways, potentially as a companion to search.
To showcase its AI capabilities, Google released a demo of LaMDA last year as part of its “AI Test Kitchen” initiative.
Pichai also acknowledged the impressive work of Alphabet’s UK-based AI unit, DeepMind. He noted that DeepMind’s database of all 200 million known proteins has been utilized by a staggering one million biologists globally.
The release of ChatGPT by OpenAI has created quite a stir in the tech industry, according to Michael Wooldridge, a computer science professor at the University of Oxford. He believes that OpenAI has set off a “firework” that has caught the attention of big tech companies.
Despite having a smaller team compared to other big tech companies, OpenAI has managed to create a product that has caused a lot of buzz in the industry. This has likely caused some worry among Silicon Valley executives, who are now racing to keep up with the advancements being made by OpenAI.
Professor Wooldridge predicts that we will see a major shift in other big tech companies towards developing large language models and generative AI. These companies will be looking to quickly bring new products to market in an effort to secure a user base. The competition to stay ahead in this field will only become more intense as time goes on.
