According to Bloomberg, a senior Google executive disputed suggestions that the company rushed to release its artificial intelligence-based chatbot Bard earlier this year to beat a similar offering from rival Microsoft Corporation.
“Microsoft’s announcement also had several errors in it. The technology is very nascent. It makes mistakes. That’s why we’ve been hesitant to put it forward,” Elizabeth Reid, a vice president of search, explained.
Google announced the release of Bard on Monday, February 6, 2023, with Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai calling it “an important next step on our AI journey.” The next day, Microsoft said it was integrating technology from Open AI’s ChatGPT into Bing.
Google’s public demonstration of Bard underwhelmed investors. In one instance, Bard was asked about discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. The chatbot incorrectly stated the telescope was used to take the first pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s solar system.
