Shares an Alphabet, Google Parent Company Fall 7%

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On Wednesday, Google held an event which we did not attend in person in part because it was in Paris. This event featured Google executives showing off some of Bard's capabilities and talking about AI improvements that they're making to a number of other Google products. And while the Microsoft event, I think generally raised investors hopes for Microsoft, this event on Wednesday by Google seemed to have the opposite effect.

Microsoft’s release of a ChatGPT-powered Bing signifies a new era in search. Then, a disastrous preview of Bard — Google’s answer to ChatGPT — caused the company’s stocks to slide 7 percent. The A.I. arms race is on.

Plus: What “Nothing, Forever,” the 24/7, A.I.-generated “Seinfeld” parody, says about bias in A.I.

On today’s episode:

Sam Altman is the chief executive of OpenAI.
Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer of Microsoft.

Additional reading:

Microsoft integrated OpenAI's technology into its search engine and kicked off an A.I. arms race.
Google released Bard, a rival chatbot to ChatGPT.
“Nothing, Forever” was temporarily banned on Twitch.