Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform into various domains, with conversational AI not just making significant strides, but effectively stealing the spotlight. Two prominent players in this space are Google's Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT. In this article, I will be doing a comparative analysis of these two influential chatbots.
Origins
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT in November 2022, a conversational AI based on the GPT-3 family of large language models (LLMs). Following its release, ChatGPT became an internet sensation due to its ability to generate human-like text.
In response to the growing popularity of ChatGPT, Google raised a Code Red in December 2022 and launched Bard in February 2023. Initially powered by Google's LaMDA and later upgraded to the PaLM LLM, Bard was developed to compete directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Bard's development represented an intense effort within Google, marked by a heightened focus on AI initiatives.
Technology and Features
ChatGPT is a language model that can respond to prompts and engage in rich conversations. It performs various natural language processing tasks, including text summarization, language translations, question answering, and blog post generation. However, its knowledge is based on the dataset it was trained on, limiting its knowledge to events occurring before 2021.
On the other hand, Bard can access real-time information from the internet, powered by Google Search. This feature allows Bard to provide more recent and updated responses than ChatGPT.
The Differences: Coding, Conversation Retention, Responses, Language, and Drafts
Despite both being AI chatbots, Bard VC and ChatGPT exhibit significant differences. Here are some of the key points of differentiation:
Coding: ChatGPT has an edge here, with the ability to create complex code and even debug it. Bard, however, is still learning code and still needs this feature.
Conversation Retention: While ChatGPT can remember up to 3,000 words from previous conversations, Bard's ability to retain context is limited for now, although Google claims this will grow over time.
Responses: Bard can draw responses from the internet, providing the latest responses and even direct links to websites when prompted. ChatGPT, on the other hand, runs on Generative Pre-training Transformer-4 (GPT-4), and all of its responses come from its knowledge base, whose cutoff date ends in September 2021, limiting its access to newer information and research.
Language: While ChatGPT can interact in several languages, including Spanish, French, Arabic, Mandarin, Italian, Japanese, and Korean (though its proficiency varies), Bard currently supports English, Japanese, and Korean.
Drafts: Bard creates several versions of every prompt, allowing users to pick the best response, while ChatGPT produces only one response to questions at a time.
Future Developments
Looking towards the future, both ChatGPT and Bard are expected to gain more third-party plugins, integrating seamlessly with their services and allowing users to access different sources of data.
Cost and Availability
As of now, Both Bard and ChatGPT are free to use, although ChatGPT has a subscription for its most advanced model, GPT4, this premium subscription also grants the user access to the internet and plugins.
Both Bard and ChatGPT represent significant advancements in the field of conversational AI. They each have their unique strengths, with Bard's ability to access real-time data from Google and ChatGPT's advanced GPT4 high-level responses. The competition between these two giants will undoubtedly spur more innovations and improvements in the field of AI. Ultimately, the choice between Bard and ChatGPT will depend on your specific needs and preferences. What AI tools do you use daily and which do you prefer to use between Google Bard and ChatGPT?
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