Jack Krawczyk, the product lead for Bard at Google, instructed Googlers at an all-hands assembly, saying, “I simply need to be very clear: Bard isn’t search.” This was reported by CNBC and highlighted by Glenn Gabe on Twitter over the weekend.
This was an attention-grabbing level as a result of once I spoke to Google’s PR workforce about Bard for my authentic protection on Bard – Google was attempting to be clear that Bard is separate from search however on the identical time confirmed how Bard could be built-in into search.
The article from CNBC continues to cite Jack Krawczyk “It is an experiment that’s a collaborative AI service that we talked about,” Krawczyk mentioned. “The magic that we’re discovering in utilizing the product is de facto round being this inventive companion to serving to you be the sparkplug for creativeness, discover your curiosity, and so forth.” However he added, “we won’t cease customers from attempting to make use of it like search.”
Internally, Google is testing Bard in search below the title “Search It.” “We’re going to be attempting to get higher at producing the queries related there, in addition to relaying to customers our confidence,” Krawczyk mentioned. He added that customers would see a tab that claims “view different drafts,” which might level folks away from search-like outcomes. “However as you need to get into extra of the search-oriented journeys, we have already got a product for that — it’s known as search,” he mentioned.
Sounds a bit like how the Bing Prometheus mannequin works, a bit, proper?
In Google’s authentic PR materials shared this screenshot of the way it may look in Google Search:
However Google additionally shared a screenshot of Bard, and once more, the screenshot above isn’t essentially Bard, however this was:
Listed here are Glenn’s tweets summarizing all of this:
Bard Product Lead: “I simply need to be very clear: Bard isn’t Search,” -> Google execs inform workers in testy all-hands assembly that Bard A.I. is not nearly Search
“It’s an experiment that’s a collaborative AI service that we talked about.” https://t.co/PfV9bXH0dd pic.twitter.com/a7jpiJYgiS
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) March 4, 2023
And some extra quotes. Very attention-grabbing -> Bard Product Lead: “He mentioned Google remains to be catering to individuals who need to use it for Search, indicating that the corporate has constructed a brand new characteristic for inner use known as “Search It.”
“We’re going to be attempting to https://t.co/PfV9bXH0dd… https://t.co/eXmGBjY9YE pic.twitter.com/j1K2Uabz57
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) March 4, 2023
The humorous factor is, whenever you play sufficient with Bing Chat, you’ll be able to see how whereas Bing Search and Bing Chat move fairly effectively collectively, they’re very completely different and separate in that consumer expertise for a motive.
I believe the identical from Google however perhaps much more pronounced.
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
