Bard with Gemini Pro is not yet available in Europe
Google recently unveiled the next-generation AI model, Gemini 1.0. To let the public experiment with the model, it is already been added to Google's AI chatbot. But Bard does not change today for Europe and will not do so for some time.
By now, it is almost becoming a habit that Google is not i... Read more
ChatGPT can now browse the Internet again
OpenAI has announced that its chatbot ChatGPT can once again gather information from the Internet. The paid Plus and Enterprise services users have been able to use this feature since Wednesday.
The new capability strengthens ChatGPT's competitive position against similar chatbots from Microsof... Read more
Google Bard integrates with Gmail, Docs and YouTube and speaks 40 languages
Google has now integrated its generative AI chatbot Bard with a range of its business applications. Furthermore, the AI chatbot now supports 40 languages.
With the now-released updates, users of various Google (productivity) apps, as well as the Google Flights and Hotels applications, can ask qu... Read more
ChatGPT’s water consumption is astronomical: 40 prompts demand one litre
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and Bing Chat put their companies' water consumption through the roof. University of California researcher Shaolei Rein found that a conversation of 5 to 50 prompts with a chatbot claims 500 milliliters of water.
Microsoft reported in its own 2022 Environ... Read more
Google Bard will soon get extensions for third-party apps
Google Bard will soon get extensions for third-party apps, according to 9to5google. This will allow Bard to better compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
During Google I/O 2023, Google disclosed that meanwhile, work is already underway to support extensions or plugins for Bard. Among other things, the t... Read more
EU users can keep conversations with Google Bard out of training set
Chatbot Bard has a Privacy Hub in Europe. That allows users to keep their conversations with Bard out of the training set of machine learning technologies.
Google released his chatbot Bard to the European public yesterday. TechCrunch then sought to find out why the chatbot is now allowed to com... Read more
Google Bard finally finds its way to Europe
Google Bard has landed in Europe, including language support for plenty of local languages and even text-to-speech in a select number of them. What can you do with the chatbot and what is it suitable for?
Google released Bard a few months ago, which was made available in experimental form in the... Read more
European websites do not appear to train Google’s AI models
Google is defending itself against criticism of its amended privacy policy. Since July 1, this policy specifies that all information from the web browser can be used in training Google's AI models. At least, that's what the U.S. version of the policy says.
Interestingly, the privacy policy outsi... Read more
Google changes privacy policy to scrape content from all websites
Google is changing its privacy policy to allow itself to scrape content from all websites. The change has been in place since July 1.
In an updated privacy policy, Google grants itself the right to train its AI model with any information from the Web browser. The move may not come as a surprise... Read more
Google doesn’t trust its own chatbot, so why should we?
Google parent company Alphabet is advising its own staff to be very careful with chatbots, including its own Bard tool. Despite having control over Bard itself, it does not want employees feeding sensitive information to the AI bots.
It doesn't come across too well: a tech company that doesn't f... Read more