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Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by dcchambers »

gajus wrote: post #7

Anyone know what is the origin of the name Bard? Every time I see it I think "barf"

According to ChatGPT ;)

  Where does the word bard come from?
> The word "bard" comes from the Scottish Gaelic word "bard", which means a poet or storyteller. The term was also used in medieval Ireland and Wales to refer to poets and musicians who were highly respected members of their society. In ancient times, bards were considered to be the keepers of history and tradition, and their songs and stories were often used to pass down knowledge and wisdom from one generation to the next. The word "bard" is also related to the Old Irish word "bárd", which means a poet or singer.

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Post by aliljet »

I'm still waiting for Hacker News to band together and simply start building an open model that does not require a corporate daddy like OpenAI, Microsoft, Baidu, Google, or anyone else. These models have no place being owned by corporations. The services that use these models are certainly up for grabs, but the models should be open. Who is trying to rally the community to this cause?

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Post by binarymax »

aliljet wrote: post #14

I'm still waiting for Hacker News to band together and simply start building an open model that does not require a corporate daddy like OpenAI, Microsoft, Baidu, Google, or anyone else. These models have no place being owned by corporations. The services that use these models are certainly up for grabs, but the models should be open. Who is trying to rally the community to this cause?

Well, there's the new GPT-Neo models and BLOOM models, and you can spin them up with something like this: https://github.com/togethercomputer/OpenChatKit
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