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Google parent Alphabet Inc on Monday said it will launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, a riposte to Microsoft Corp in their rivalry to lead a new wave of technology.
The news follows the public’s rapid embrace of ChatGPT, a competing chatbot from Microsoft-backed OpenAI that produces human-like prose on command and that some expect will disrupt how consumers search for information online, key to Google’s business.
In a blog post, Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said his company is opening a conversational AI service called Bard to test users for feedback, followed by a public release in the coming weeks. He also said Google plans to add AI features to its search engine that synthesize material for complex queries, like whether learning guitar or piano is easier.
