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AI’s Killer App: A Lie Detector for Chatbots! 🤥 🕵️
It’s been a busy week for AI, with big announcements from major Silicon Valley players dropping every other day. The biggest news did not come from a new product announcement, however, but a simple update to Google Bard, and it’s changed the chatbot landscape in a major way. It might be a stretch to say that Bard has leapt to the front of the LLM pack, but it definitely now has one major advantage over the competition; a simple button bearing the Google logo that appears below Bard’s standard responses. Google calls this the “evaluate button,” but it functions as a lie detector. When clicked, Google Search will try to assess every factual statement Bard has made, and will then highlight them in red or green. Clicking the highlighted sections reveals citations if the fact holds up, or if not, a sheepish admission that “Google Search didn’t find relevant content.”
Now, Google Bard’s idea of a reputable source to substantiate its claims may differ from yours - in our testing we found it placed a lot of faith in social media posts - but the ability to swiftly check a chatbot’s statements is an incredibly useful tool. Sadly it’s one that isn’t available when using Bard’s other big new upgrade, a suite of extensions that allow it to interact directly with other Google services, such as Drive, Gmail and YouTube. The ability to have Bard work directly with your files is great in theory, but in practice it’s still frustrating to use for any task that requires accuracy.
One announcement that didn’t come this week is the rumored launch of Google DeepMind’s new next-gen LLM, Gemini; the hope is that Gemini will be a considerably more reliable colleague than Bard currently is. While we wait, Microsoft is forging its own path, with a new AI-focused upgrade for Windows 11 due this week. This will integrate their many different AI ‘Copilot’ products into the operating system, with everything from Outlook to MS Paint getting a chatbot refit. Windows users can also expect to benefit from another hype-drenched new announcement, with the launch of DALL-E 3, OpenAI’s next text-to-image generator, set for next month (see AI Roundup); Microsoft has confirmed the new model will power Windows 11’s image services.
With all this upheaval you could use a guide to help you understand these new tools, and as always, we have you covered! Don’t miss our vital guide to getting the most from Bard’s new extensions.
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