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Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

#41

Post by freedomben »

xnx wrote: post #22
freedomben wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bard is especially bad right now, at least compared to gpt4. Once they move to Gemini it will be interesting to compare, but until then things like "when does the new Staind album come out" have to be answered the old way with Google search and reading.

This is what Bard told me: "Staind's new album, Confessions of the Fallen, was released on September 15, 2023." If that's wrong, it's because I also see web pages that have it wrong.

Yep it's wrong, it's coming out on September 22. I don't doubt that some web pages have it wrong though, and it's hard to fault Bard for that.

Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

#42

Post by freedomben »

jvolkman wrote: post #21
freedomben wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bard is especially bad right now, at least compared to gpt4. Once they move to Gemini it will be interesting to compare, but until then things like "when does the new Staind album come out" have to be answered the old way with Google search and reading.

I just asked it your question and it seemed to give the correct answer? Also, there's now a built-in button to check its answer against an actual Google search and the UX is pretty slick.

Did it say September 15 or 18? (both answers I've gotten from it over the past month or two). If so, that's wrong. It's September 22. As sibling pointed out though, there are apparently web pages that have it wrong so it's probably not Bard's fault. I also wouldn't be shocked if the date changed and was originally 9/15

Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

#43

Post by jeffbee »

fsiefken wrote: post #37
jeffbee wrote: post #30

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I have the integration with google search enabled and now I only use GPT very rarely. Having it at the top of the SERP with zero effort is much more convenient. The fact that it gets many things wrong becomes irrelevant when it takes no effort on my part. Even when it is totally wrong, its feature to intersperse the output with links to its sources is quite nice.

I'm curious, is it better then Bing Chat here (not comparing the layout)?

What I am saying is the layout is the benefit. On Bing I have to switch over to Chat and wait.

Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

#44

Post by panarky »

jvolkman wrote: post #16
tw04 wrote: post #5

This seems incredibly dangerous. You're one typo away from having the entirety of your private life exposed by bard. And based on their extremely loose privacy policy, I can just imagine Google pitching this to advertisers for "targeted marketing". "Hey Bard, give me an email template to manipulate tw04 into buying my product". Also, I find it more than a bit disingenuous that the privacy policy on bard.google.com li…

In my experience, there's a message with every new Bard conversation that links to the page you linked to and says "Human reviewers may process your Bard conversations for quality purposes. Don't enter sensitive info."

"Bard conversation" can be different from "private information in Drive and Gmail".

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#46

Post by vel0city »

freedomben wrote: post #41
xnx wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what Bard told me: "Staind's new album, Confessions of the Fallen, was released on September 15, 2023." If that's wrong, it's because I also see web pages that have it wrong.

Yep it's wrong, it's coming out on September 22. I don't doubt that some web pages have it wrong though, and it's hard to fault Bard for that.

Yeah, hard to blame Bard for getting that wrong when there's tons of webpages that seem semi-legit that have September 15th. Searching confessions of the fallen "September 15" 2023 yields hundreds of thousands of results which at least for a cached version has that date.

https://allmusicmagazine.com/staind-release-new-single-in-th...

Comparatively, ChatGPT says "I'm sorry, but I do not have access to real-time information, and my knowledge only goes up until September 2021. To find out the release date of a new Staind album, I recommend checking the official Staind website, social media profiles, or reputable music news sources for the most up-to-date information."

So which is more useful, one that doesn't even know there is a new album coming out, or one that knows what was its release date as of just a couple of months ago?

Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

#49

Post by dymk »

kkarpkkarp wrote: post #47

I asked for flights from Poland to Cancun, Mexico in May 2024. It told me I can with Wizzair (the operator operating in Europe only) with stopover in Kyiv, Ukraine (lol). Maybe it can connect to Google Apps but can't give reliable results.

Maybe it knows something we don't that'll happen in early 2024?
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