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Jack Krawczyk is the director of Bard at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his vision for the chatbot, where it's heading, and whether this technology will be as impactful as many imagine. Join us for a fun look into one of the tech industry's most important generative AI initiatives. --Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice.For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com

Jack Krawczyk, Senior Director of Product at Google, discusses key lessons from Bard's development process, ethics in AI, how Bard shipped fast, what separates Bard from competitors, the future of LLM, Generative AI, and AGI, and advice for aspiring AI developers.