Access to Bard, an early AI experiment, is being opened for collaboration with generative AI. Bard aims to enhance productivity, stimulate ideas, and ignite curiosity. Powered by a research large language model (LLM), specifically an optimized version of LaMDA, Bard generates responses based on probability, with some flexibility to encourage creativity. As LLMs learn from diverse information, they can reflect biases and inaccuracies, which is a challenge to overcome.
Despite these challenges, LLMs can boost human productivity, creativity, and curiosity. Bard offers users multiple response drafts, allowing for a tailored starting point. It is designed to work alongside Google Search, making it easy to verify responses and explore additional sources. Development of Bard is guided by AI principles, with a focus on quality, safety, and continuous improvement through human feedback.
Users can sign up for Bard at bard.google.com, with access rolling out initially in the U.S. and U.K. and expanding to other countries and languages over time.