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 Google is opening up its conversational AI service, Bard, to some public users starting today. The company introduced the first waitlist for Bard, a ChatGPT competitor, after internal testing. For now, the beta version of Bard is launching on a dedicated site, bard.google.com, rather than being incorporated into Google's search engine and other products. More: - Google said it's opening up access to the English version of the language model to a limited number of users who sign up in the U.S. and U.K., with plans to expand to more users, countries, and languages over time.
- Bard, a direct interface to a language model developed by Google, can hold back-and-forth conversations and answer questions, the same as ChatGPT.
- Unlike the latter, Bard will generate several drafts of each answer, and users can ask follow-up questions for further information or responses.
- In addition, the service will feature a "Google it" button at the bottom of an answer that directs users to a new tab with answers from Google's search engine.
Zoom out: - Google described Bard as an "early experiment" that allows users to collaborate and try out the generative AI technology.
- The feedback during the early phases is "critical" to helping improve Bard, which can still dispense "inaccurate or offensive information that doesn't represent Google's views," the company said.
- Bard runs on an "efficient and optimized" version of Google's AI model called LaMDA, short for "Language Model for Dialogue Applications."
- Bard's chief competitor, Bing AI, is powered by OpenAI's latest GPT-4 model. Microsoft's AI-powered Bing chatbot was launched to the public in February.
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 Microsoft is adding an AI image generator to its new Bing search engine and its Edge browser. Bing Image Creator is based on an "advanced version" of OpenAI's DALL-E. Users with access to the AI-powered Bing preview can generate images by typing in text descriptions in the chat bar. More: - The image creator lets users create an image by describing what they want to see in their own words, Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post today.
- The capability means Bing and Edge users can now create both visual and written content directly within the chat interface, he wrote.
- In Bing preview, the image generator will be integrated fully into the search engine's chat, initially in "creative" mode.
- In the Edge browser, a new icon will appear in the sidebar for creating images from text prompts.
- Mehdi said OpenAI's safeguards and added protections were incorporated into the image creator, including controls that auto-block the creation of unsafe and harmful images.
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Bill Gates compared AI to the creation of the PC, microprocessor, internet, and mobile phone, saying it will alter how "people work, learn, travel, get health care, and communicate with each other." In a blog post today titled "The Age of AI has begun," Gates said "entire industries" will reorient themselves around AI, and businesses "will distinguish themselves by how well they use it." More: - In the post, Gates describes how he last year challenged OpenAI to create an AI model that could pass an AP biology exam without being specifically trained for it.
- OpenAI completed the challenge "in just a few months" using its GPT AI model, he wrote.
- The model scored 59 out of 60 on the multiple-choice exam and produced "outstanding answers to six open-ended questions," scoring the highest possible number.
- Gates also asked it a non-scientific question — "What do you say to a father with a sick child?" — and the model's answer "was probably better than most of us in the room would have given."
- At that point, Gates wrote, he knew had had just viewed "the most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface."
Zoom out: - In the post, Gates goes on to describe the definition of AI, productivity enhancements, improvements in health care and education, AI's risks, and its "next frontiers."
- He argues that people should attempt to balance the "valid" fears about AI with its ability to improve lives.
- He also makes the case that market forces won't naturally lead to AI technologies that help the underprivileged. Rather, it will likely do the opposite.
- "With reliable funding and the right policies, governments and philanthropy can ensure that AIs are used to reduce inequity," he wrote.
- The entire post is available to read on Gates' blog.
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Intel chief architect Raja Koduri is departing the company to form a software company focused on generative AI for gaming, entertainment, and media, according to CEO Pat Gelsinger. Koduri has worked at Intel since 2017. Prior to being a chief architect, he was the EVP of its accelerated computing systems and graphics unit (AXG). More: - Koduri did not provide further details on his AI software startup, saying only that he would have more to share in the "coming weeks."
- Koduri led AXG until December when Intel underwent a restructuring that split AXG into separate groups.
- At that time, Koduri returned to become Intel's chief architect for GPUs and accelerators.
- Prior to Intel, Koduri worked for AMD and Apple. He is also a technical adviser to Makuta VFX, an Indian animation and visual effects company.
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 |  | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. She has written the Inside AI newsletter since 2019. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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