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Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by wilsonnb3 »

neosat wrote: post #13

The blog post is an example of why when you go through a number of edits and additions from various internal groups, marketing, legal, compliance etc. you end up with a message that's a lot of words but not a lot of information for any key audience. I went through the article 3 times thinking I missed the link to try out Bard, get some sense of timeline, roll-out plan...nothing. Come on Google...

> we’re taking another step forward by opening it up to trusted testers ahead of making it more widely available to the public in the coming weeks.

this is in like the 5th paragraph, right under the 'Introducing Bard' title.

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by dougmwne »

alexb_ wrote: post #9

>AI can be helpful in these moments, synthesizing insights for questions where there’s no one right answer. Soon, you’ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture and learn more from the web: whether that’s seeking out additional perspectives, like blogs from people who play both piano and gui…

That could be incredibly dangerous for their Adsense revenue.

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by impulser_ »

enumjorge wrote: post #25

> And today, we’re [...] opening it up to trusted testers ahead of making it more widely available to the public in the coming weeks. It feels like a mistake to make the big announcement for this, but not open it up to a wide audience. It's not like ChatGPT hasn't been out for months now. Not sure how much they gain by making headlines before it's ready for people to play with it.

All they have to do it add a link to the front page of Google and they will automatically get more users in day than ChatGPT.

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by lern_too_spel »

influx wrote: post #5

It's challenging to take a CEO seriously who lacks enough self-awareness to un-ironically use the term "journey". Similarly, just open it up for everyone to use, I'm using ChatGPT now, ship your product, don't just write a blog post about it.

It was probably written by Bard. Lack of self awareness is to be expected.

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by berkle4455 »

neosat wrote: post #13

The blog post is an example of why when you go through a number of edits and additions from various internal groups, marketing, legal, compliance etc. you end up with a message that's a lot of words but not a lot of information for any key audience. I went through the article 3 times thinking I missed the link to try out Bard, get some sense of timeline, roll-out plan...nothing. Come on Google...

> that's a lot of words but not a lot of information for any key audience

So they used ChatGPT to generate it?

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by olivierduval »

techn00 wrote: post #10

"But increasingly, people are turning to Google for deeper insights and understanding" I'm just trying to just get relevant results for my query man ...

Yeah... instead of trying to give more false results with AI, Google should first try to get good result with just simple search (and give me back my booleans operators!!!!)

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by oldgradstudent »

techn00 wrote: post #10

"But increasingly, people are turning to Google for deeper insights and understanding" I'm just trying to just get relevant results for my query man ...

In recent years I have to use quotes much more aggressively and use verbatim search almost all the time.

Google is getting less and less helpful.

Re: Bard and new AI features in Search

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Post by MichaelZuo »

rom-antics wrote: post #40
neosat wrote: post #13

The blog post is an example of why when you go through a number of edits and additions from various internal groups, marketing, legal, compliance etc. you end up with a message that's a lot of words but not a lot of information for any key audience. I went through the article 3 times thinking I missed the link to try out Bard, get some sense of timeline, roll-out plan...nothing. Come on Google...

It seems like a very reactionary move. ChatGPT went viral, and now they have to rush something to market to try and compete. So of course the product doesn't exist yet, but they've had enough time to put together a project plan and some mockups. It's not a great position to be in.

It does seem slightly amateurish. If there was more self-confidence like Apple, there wouldn't be a need to announce anything until it's ready.

EDIT: Especially if it was already available internally for several months as some others say, waiting another month or two until it's ready to go doesn't seem like a big burden.

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