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In its efforts to prevent Microsoft and Open AI running away in the commercial AI chatbot race, Google rolled out Bard way ahead of schedule. A new report claims company employees begged executives not to launch it at the time.
Chiefs at Microsoft probably can’t believe their luck. AI has long been tipped as the next massively lucrative venture within tech, and ChatGPT remains largely unchallenged as the benchmark product.
In early February, OpenAI announced its flagship chatbot would be merging with Bing, sating the need for more nuanced responses on internet search engines. Its chiefs, no doubt, would have expected staunch opposition from other Silicon Valley giants.
The reality months later, however, is that competition to own the space has been lukewarm at best. Google attempted to put up an immediate challenge, but ultimately miscalculated in a big way.
Opting to cut beta testing short, it prematurely unveiled its own chatbot Bard which was to be swiftly integrated with Google Search – that is, until a dodgy demo turned off investors and knocked a cool $100bn off the firm’s market value overnight.
Months later, a new report from Bloomberg has revealed that Google employees pleaded with executives not to proceed. In one internal discussion, a worker allegedly stated: ‘Bard is worse than useless: please do not launch.’ Another labelled the chatbot a ‘pathological liar.’
