Google Opens Up Access to Bard AI Chatbot

Google today began allowing users to sign up to use Bard, its AI-powered chatbot that rivals Microsoft’s Bing chatbot. First announced back in February, Bard is an experimental conversational AI service for Google Search.

Those interested in Bard can join Google’s waitlist to get access, and some users have reported getting invitation emails just hours after signing up. There are a long list of sample functions that Google says Bard can perform:

Explain why lightning might strike in the same place twice
Help you write your first novel
Draft a packing list for your weekend trip
Outline a blogpost about your summer mocktail recipes
Explain why large language models might make mistakes
Generate an art studio tagline
Suggest high-protein options to add to a vegan diet