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Following OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat, Google responded by going global with its own experimental AI chatbot: Bard.
Released in March 2023 and so far reaching more than 180 countries, Bard has had some challenges along the way – the most recent one being the postponing of the European launch over privacy concerns. We’ll get into that shortly.
But how exactly does Bard work? What differentiates it from the ChatGPT we already know? What privacy and security challenges does it face? How is it expected to develop in the future? These are the questions we’ll answer to throughout this article.
It works similarly to ChatGPT, in the way that it’s a generative AI that accepts prompts and performs text-based tasks, like writing code, providing answers, summaries and other forms of written content.
Google Bard’s initial version was powered by a lightweight version of the language model LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), but it has recently evolved into using Google’s most advanced language model PaLM 2 (Pathway Language Model) – it is said to perform better in reasoning tasks, including logic, code and maths.
There are a few key differences between the two AI chatbots, namely:
That is the plan, yes. When Google announced the launch of Bard, they said that the goal was to bring this AI innovation into their products, starting with Search.
The idea is to implement Bard’s features in Search, in a way that helps users consume information in easier-to-digest formats, instead of getting it complexified from multiple sources.
It’s clear, however, that Bard is not meant to be a replacement of Search, but a feature that complements it.
Google is yet to release Bard in the European Union (EU), since the Data Protection Commission blocked its launch over privacy concerns. According to the Dublin-based data regulator, which is the supervisory authority for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the tech company hasn’t provided, so far, sufficient information about how Bard protects Europeans’ privacy.
Google said they’re addressing this issue. “We said that we wanted to make Bard more widely available, including in the European Union, and that we would do so responsibly, after engagement with experts, regulators and policymakers. As part of that process, we’ve been talking with privacy regulators to address their questions and hear feedback”, a spokesperson assured.
According to act digital’s Data Protection Officer (DPO), Inés Chenouf, “the protection of personal data remains an issue that digital companies pay little attention to”. “Personal data protection is a fundamental element to be taken into account when talking Artificial Intelligence. In the specific case of Bard, the invasion of privacy could be a consequence of automatic learning. In other words, this tool has the ability to learn from data, using algorithms, so its application could mean the misuse of personal data. This creates a sticking friction with the GDPR, particularly with the principles of confidentiality and transparency. In addition, the intensive use of data can lead to biases that could adversely affect users”, she states.
Given this scenario, Google will need to ensure transparency when it comes to the collection and use of people’s data, if it wants Bard to be released in the EU. “This means minimising data, setting up ethics committees and bringing the American giant closer to local supervisory authorities to limit risks and establish a relationship of trust with European users”, Inés Chenouf explains. “This is all the more important following the European Commission's decision, on July 10th 2023, to adopt a new adequacy decision on data transfers from the EU to the USA. It is a safe bet that the data used by Bard may be transferred to US subsidiaries. This is why the protection of personal data and, by extension, compliance with the RGPD is such a key issue”.
From a cybersecurity point of view, chatbots like Google Bard are very secure, because they don’t use traditional technologies like SQL, and most vulnerabilities come from this area. This means that every security concern will come from privacy matters.
For companies, specifically, the best solution for privacy issues is to run your AI on premise, in your servers, using a Large Language Model like this one.
The word means “poet” and it refers specifically to William Shakespeare, known as “the Bard of Avon”. The goal is to highlight the AI chatbot’s linguistic skills.
The European Union (EU) has recently passed the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. It classifies all AI according to different levels of risk:
Following OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat, Google responded by going global with its own experimental AI chatbot: Bard.
Released in March 2023 and so far reaching more than 180 countries, Bard has had some challenges along the way – the most recent one being the postponing of the European launch over privacy concerns. We’ll get into that shortly.
But how exactly does Bard work? What differentiates it from the ChatGPT we already know? What privacy and security challenges does it face? How is it expected to develop in the future? These are the questions we’ll answer to throughout this article.
It works similarly to ChatGPT, in the way that it’s a generative AI that accepts prompts and performs text-based tasks, like writing code, providing answers, summaries and other forms of written content.
Google Bard’s initial version was powered by a lightweight version of the language model LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), but it has recently evolved into using Google’s most advanced language model PaLM 2 (Pathway Language Model) – it is said to perform better in reasoning tasks, including logic, code and maths.
There are a few key differences between the two AI chatbots, namely:
That is the plan, yes. When Google announced the launch of Bard, they said that the goal was to bring this AI innovation into their products, starting with Search.
The idea is to implement Bard’s features in Search, in a way that helps users consume information in easier-to-digest formats, instead of getting it complexified from multiple sources.
It’s clear, however, that Bard is not meant to be a replacement of Search, but a feature that complements it.
Google is yet to release Bard in the European Union (EU), since the Data Protection Commission blocked its launch over privacy concerns. According to the Dublin-based data regulator, which is the supervisory authority for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the tech company hasn’t provided, so far, sufficient information about how Bard protects Europeans’ privacy.
Google said they’re addressing this issue. “We said that we wanted to make Bard more widely available, including in the European Union, and that we would do so responsibly, after engagement with experts, regulators and policymakers. As part of that process, we’ve been talking with privacy regulators to address their questions and hear feedback”, a spokesperson assured.
According to act digital’s Data Protection Officer (DPO), Inés Chenouf, “the protection of personal data remains an issue that digital companies pay little attention to”. “Personal data protection is a fundamental element to be taken into account when talking Artificial Intelligence. In the specific case of Bard, the invasion of privacy could be a consequence of automatic learning. In other words, this tool has the ability to learn from data, using algorithms, so its application could mean the misuse of personal data. This creates a sticking friction with the GDPR, particularly with the principles of confidentiality and transparency. In addition, the intensive use of data can lead to biases that could adversely affect users”, she states.
Given this scenario, Google will need to ensure transparency when it comes to the collection and use of people’s data, if it wants Bard to be released in the EU. “This means minimising data, setting up ethics committees and bringing the American giant closer to local supervisory authorities to limit risks and establish a relationship of trust with European users”, Inés Chenouf explains. “This is all the more important following the European Commission's decision, on July 10th 2023, to adopt a new adequacy decision on data transfers from the EU to the USA. It is a safe bet that the data used by Bard may be transferred to US subsidiaries. This is why the protection of personal data and, by extension, compliance with the RGPD is such a key issue”.
From a cybersecurity point of view, chatbots like Google Bard are very secure, because they don’t use traditional technologies like SQL, and most vulnerabilities come from this area. This means that every security concern will come from privacy matters.
For companies, specifically, the best solution for privacy issues is to run your AI on premise, in your servers, using a Large Language Model like this one.
The word means “poet” and it refers specifically to William Shakespeare, known as “the Bard of Avon”. The goal is to highlight the AI chatbot’s linguistic skills.
The European Union (EU) has recently passed the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. It classifies all AI according to different levels of risk:
