Google had announced in December last year that it will launch Bard Advanced AI chatbot, powered by its most powerful Gemini Ultra large language model (LLM), in early 2024. The company had also shared that Bard Advanced will be a cutting-edge AI experience in Bard, which will give users access to the best models and capabilities. In addition, the Mountain View, California-based company had said it would launch a trusted user testing programme "soon" before opening access to Bard Advanced.
However, more details about Bard Advanced have now emerged thanks to a recent glitch in the chatbot. According to a recent report from 9to5Google, Bard Advanced will be positioned as providing "complex, better responses". The report notes that a glitch affecting Bard on Thursday revealed the next version of Bard with support for Bard Advanced.
Reportedly, Google may offer an option to choose between Bard and Bard Advanced by going to the top left of the page and choosing between the two options. The glitch revealed that Google is looking to position the original Bard for “simpler, faster responses" and Bard Advanced for “complex, better responses". Notably, Google had released Gemini Pro powering Bard as a competitor to GPT 3.5 running on ChatGPT free version.
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