Is Google Working on Something That Will Be Available Someday?

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I would say nothing until Bard was ready to be shown to the public, right? It's one thing if they just sort of want to give a reporter a quote. But I don't want to see another blog post. And whether it comes this week or next week or six months from now, my priority as a human being is for them to make sure that these things are not going to be misused and weaponized.

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.