How to Get Good Responses Out of AI Chatbots

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Brian Rosen-Thaw is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. He has spent a lot of time talking with AI chatbots recently, including Bard. And he learned that one way to get really good responses out of these AI chatbots is to prime them first. So instead of just saying, write me an email, you say, you are an award-winning writer. Now, write me this email.

For years, Google was seen as one of the most cutting-edge developers of A.I. But, with OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT, and other chatbots beating Google to market, is that distinction still the case? Google’s chief executive is in an unenviable position: Scramble to catch up or, in the face of potentially harmful technology, move slowly.

Today, Sundar Pichai on Google’s delicate balance between A.I. innovation and safety.

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Sundar Pichai is the chief executive of Google.

Additional reading:

The launch of ChatGPT caused a ‘code red’ inside Google and prompted the release of Google’s Bard.
More than 1,000 technology leaders and researchers signed onto an open letter calling for a pause in the development of A.I.