Google Bard Vs. Microsoft Bing: Which Side Are Tech Experts On?

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL Google on Tuesday opened access to “Bard” — but even though it came a little late to the party, the AI-powered bot couldn’t impress netizens and tech experts. 

What Happened: Within 24 hours of Google announcing open access to Bard, users have started drawing comparisons between its rival OpenAI’s chatGPT and Microsoft Corporation’s MSFT Bing chat. 

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Popular tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee who has 16.7 million subscribers on the platform, took to Twitter to share his experience with Google’s Bard and said, “Bing is way ahead of Google right now.” 

I've been playing with Google Bard for a while today and I never thought I'd say this, but… Bing is way ahead of Google right now (at this specific chat feature)

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) March 22, 2023

Social media commentator, Matt Navarra, called Google Bard a “sensible, smart assistant” and compared chatGPT with a “wild, brainy college roommate.” 

Google Bard is like your sensible, smart assistant

They get the job done, but you might fall asleep whilst they answer your Q

ChatGPT is your wild, brainy college room mate who's easily led astray

A bit unreliable, but you're fascinated to see what you can get them to do next

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) March 21, 2023

Tech tweeter Jane Manchun Wong also used Google Bard but couldn’t get an answer before rephrasing it. 

When I asked Google Bard about myself, at first, it said it didn't know enough about me. But after I rephrased the question, it's able to give me the answer 🤔

It got most of the facts right, except I don't have 1M+ followers on Twitter as of the time of writing pic.twitter.com/zqnK7vabjc

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 21, 2023

Juan Buis, a freelance UX writer and content designer, shared his experience with Google Bard and found that the AI-powered platform had “already been shut down” (not really). 

i asked bard when it'll (inevitably) be shut down by google

turns out it's already been shut down due to lack of adoption 🤔 pic.twitter.com/1bovfcpksb

— juan (@juanbuis) March 21, 2023

Why It’s Important: While announcing open access to Bard, Google admitted that it is prone to making up facts and could propagate biases and stereotypes found within the internet data. Google also cautioned users to beware of Bard’s limitations. 

Having said that, it is clear Google intends to compete with chatGPT, Bing and other generative AI products. 

Previously, Microsoft’s Bing also faced backlash from users as it ignited some concerns for being extremely manipulative, defensive and sometimes dangerous. 

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