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Say hello to Google Bard, one of the frontrunners in the chatbot space. From its intriguing background to its cutting-edge features like Image Prompting and Extensions, we'll explore it all. But that's not it! We'll also look into the limitations of Google Bard, ensuring you get a 360-degree understanding.
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Google recently unveiled its
own AI chatbot named Bard,
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joining the race alongside
chatbots like ChatGPT.
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Bard aims to provide helpful
information to users' questions across
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a wide range of topics.
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Google Bard is an experimental
conversational AI service powered by
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Lambda, language model for
dialogue applications.
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It is designed to engage in
natural conversations and
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provide useful information to users.
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Bard can summarize complex topics,
generate content, and
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answer follow-up questions.
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One of Bard's key strengths is its
integration with Google's vast search
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index and knowledge graph.
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This allows it to provide
more accurate and
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up-to-date information
compared to other chatbots.
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Bard is also designed to admit
when it doesn't know something and
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provide helpful responses
instead of guessing.
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But Bard is not without its issues.
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As an early prototype,
Bard still has some limitations.
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Its knowledge is not as extensive as
more established models like ChatGPT.
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Bard can occasionally provide incorrect or
nonsensical responses, especially for
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complex or nuanced questions.
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Its conversational abilities are also
limited compared to other chatbots.
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Unique features of Google Bard.
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Bard aims to cite its sources and provide
links and context to its responses.
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This increases transparency
compared to other AI systems.
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Bard is also designed to avoid biased,
harmful, or untrue responses.
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Bard has also been integrated to
work with other Google products,
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such as Google Workspace, Google Docs, and
YouTube, allowing the chatbot to answer
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specific questions on your emails,
your hosted docs, or any YouTube videos.
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Welcome to the homepage of Google Bard.
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This is where you should start off once
you sign in using your Google account.
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Bard greets us with
a small welcome message.
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It says we can tell it what's on our mind
or pick from the suggestions provided.
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It also reminds us that Bard has
limitations and won't always get it right.
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And that's the same for
all of the chatbots out.
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So that's completely standard.
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Now let's explore a bit further.
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Scroll down, and
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you'll find various example prompts that
Bard has thoughtfully provided for you.
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These prompts are designed
to spark your creativity and
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help you get started on
your conversation journey.
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I think I'll select organization
tips in the Explorer column.
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For this suggestion,
Bard gives us the prompt.
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Give me 10 tips for room organization.
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You are an expert in home organization and
interior design.
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You are skilled at creating order and
beauty out of chaos and disarray.
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Providing the chatbot with the persona of
an industry expert along with the goal is
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a common tactic used in prompt engineering
and it commonly provides better results.
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So I think that was
a good move by Google and
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will likely yield better results than say,
give me 10 tips for room organization.
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Bard has responded with its 10 tips.
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It suggests we declutter first and
start with one room at a time.
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Create a system for organizing our
belongings, use storage solutions, and
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maximize our vertical space.
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It also suggests labeling everything,
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putting things away as soon as we're done
using them to get our families involved,
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and to not be afraid to rearrange
especially if something isn't working.
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And lastly, don't be perfect.
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It also includes some bonus tips and
additional considerations.
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This was certainly a well-thought-out
answer to our prompt.
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At the bottom of Bard's response,
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we have a small menu where we can
take action regarding the response.
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We can click the thumbs-up icon
to vote it as a good response, or
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the thumbs-down to vote
it as a bad response.
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We can modify our response,
but I'll come back to that.
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We can share a link to our conversation,
or
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export Bard's response to a Google Doc or
draft in Gmail.
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We can also use Google search
to double-check Bard's results.
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While this isn't 100% accurate,
it's still a nice feature to have.
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And lastly,
we can click this icon for more,
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which allows us to simply
copy Bard's response or
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report any ethical/legal issues you have
encountered while talking with Bard.
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Now let me go back to
the Modify response icon.
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Here Bard will give us several options to
adjust the response from making it shorter
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or longer to making it simpler or
changing the tone to be more casual or
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more professional.
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Let's try making this response shorter
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And just like that,
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Google Bard has provided a shorter
version of the checklist.
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Bard makes it easy to adjust
the format of the response you receive.
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You can use a combination of adjusting
your prompt manually and using
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features such as modify response to custom
tailor Bard's results to your liking.
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But let's get started with
our first custom prompt.
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All right, let's start by giving
Google Bard its first task.
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For this one, I'll ask it to help me plan
a project with the following prompt,
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write a project checklist for a new
website design and development project.
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Google Bard responds with a checklist.
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It starts with a section
to define the project.
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This is where we would define
the website's goals and objectives,
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identify the target audience, etc.
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Next, it has project planning where
we create a timeline and budget for
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the project, identify necessary
resources and team members, and so on.
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This is followed by the design and
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development sections where we'll create
wireframes, develop a content strategy,
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and implement all of
the required functionality.
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Then we have the Launch and
Post-Launch sections for
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deploying and updating the site.
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This is followed by one final section for
additional considerations.
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This includes topics such as
accessibility, security, and SEO.
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If we head back up to
the start of Bard's response,
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we can click the View Other Drafts link to
see other iterations of Bard's response.
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And here's our third
version provided by Bard.
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But I think I'll go back to Draft 2 as I
like the follow-up questions for context.
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We can even click on the speaker
icon next to view other drafts,
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to have Google Bard read
its response out loud.
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Just give it a moment to generate and
load the audio file,
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then it will begin instantly.
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>> Website design and
development project checklist.
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Planning, define your goals.
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What do you want your website to achieve?
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Identify your target audience.
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Who are you trying to
reach with your website?
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Research your competitors.
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What are other websites in
your industry doing well?
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What could they be doing better?
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Create a sitemap.
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This will help you plan the structure and
navigation of your website.
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Develop a content strategy.
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What type of content will you
be publishing on your website?
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How often will you update it?
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Design.
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>> Pretty awesome, right?
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With speech to text and
text to speech features we're closer than
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ever to being able to talk
with AI chatbots in real-time.
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Next, let's see what happens when I
choose to modify the response and
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ask for it to be shortened
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Now I get the same set of tasks from
Draft 2 of Bard's response, but
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this time without the extra questions for
context.
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The response has been modified into
a simple and straightforward to-do list.
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Exactly what I was looking for, but
let's move on to our next test.
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For our next test, let's try getting
some real-time information leveraging
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Bard's ability to browse the web.
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First I'll use the prompt.
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What is the weather in Louisville,
Kentucky?
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Since I live in Louisville, I'll be able
to verify the accuracy of these results.
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Let's see how accurate
Bard is with the weather.
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Bard says the weather is 72 degrees
Fahrenheit with a humidity of 55%.
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And the results are pretty close to what
I'm seeing on the weather app on my phone.
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It says the temperature is currently
71 degrees Fahrenheit right now, so
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I would call that a success.
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Let's try another prompt to test
Bard's ability to browse the web.
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I'll ask for some news using the prompt.
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What are 5 trending topics
in the news right now?
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I'll keep the prompt broad in general
to see what Bard comes up with
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All right, it is brought back
5 trending topics for today.
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It mentions the Nobel Peace Prize
being awarded, the Russia-Ukraine war,
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US midterm elections approaching, climate
change impacts becoming more severe, and
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the cost of living crisis
affecting many countries.
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Pretty good in my opinion, but
I want to fact-check these results
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using the double-check response
feature at the bottom of the response.
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This will allow Google to
run a search query and
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those search results will be compared
with what Bard has generated.
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I'll click on understand the results, and
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it explains that Bard will highlight
statements in green if Google search finds
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content that's likely
similar to that statement.
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Furthermore, if Google search finds
content that is likely different than
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a statement from Bard,
it will highlight that statement in brown.
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It also says a link will
be provided when available.
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We have several examples where Google
search found articles that were similar to
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the statements made in
this response by Bard.
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We even have this example from
the story about the Russia-Ukraine war,
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where rescue.org backs up the footnote
on the war having caused a humanitarian
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crisis with millions displaced.
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But you'll notice it didn't highlight
the headline Russia-Ukraine war reaches
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a 7-month mark.
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This is because it couldn't find
an article making similar statements.
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And that's because this
statement is inaccurate.
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The war has gone on longer than 7 months.
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When double-checked on
a separate occasion,
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Google highlighted the statement in
brown marking it as likely inaccurate.
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And this is indeed another example of
why you need to do your own research and
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fact-checking when it comes
to AI-generated content.
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But that will do it for
this demo showcasing Google Bard.
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Join us in the next video where
we introduce Microsoft Bing AI.
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For my next test, I want to try out
Bard's computer vision capabilities.
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This is a new feature that allows users
to upload a picture which users can then
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prompt Bard on.
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I will upload an image of a puppy and
then I'll ask Bard to describe the image.
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Bard replies by saying,
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the image shows a golden retriever puppy
sitting in a field of yellow flowers.
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It continues on to say the puppy is facing
the camera and its tongue hanging out.
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So far so good.
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Bard then says the puppy has
a curious look on its face and
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its ears are perked up.
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It also says the puppy's fur is a golden
brown and it's wearing a blue collar.
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This is where Bard is starting to go off
track, as the puppy doesn't have its ears
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perked up in this image, nor
does the puppy have a blue collar on.
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Bard then provides a list of details from
the image such as the puppy is likely
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young as its ears are still floppy and
fur is not yet fully grown.
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The puppy is happy and
playful as its tongue is hanging out and
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ears are perked up.
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The puppy is sitting in a safe and
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comfortable environment as it's
surrounded by soft grass and flowers.
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Overall, this wasn't a bad analysis, but
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there were a couple of
details Bard got incorrect.
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Let's try another example.
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This time I'll upload an image
of a basketball illustration.
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I'll then ask Bard, what is this image?
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Bard replies by saying the image I sent
was of an orange basketball with black
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lines and a black background.
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It thinks there is a black background
because the background is transparent and
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it shows up as black and some preview so
I won't hold that against it.
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It continues on to say the basketball
is facing the user and
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it is slightly rotated to the left.
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The black lines on the basketball
are the distinctive stitching that divides
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the ball into eight panels.
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Bard then provides a list of some other
possible interpretations of the image
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including a symbol of
the sport of basketball.
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A metaphor for teamwork and cooperation,
a representation of energy and excitement,
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a minimalist artwork with
a strong visual impact.
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And it then says the meaning of the image
is ultimately for the viewer to decide.
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While this is certainly true it's not
quite as helpful as the additional
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considerations provided
in the last image but
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I'll ask Bard one more
question about this image.
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What kind of image is it?
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Photo, illustration, raster, vector, etc?
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These are the different
types of image files.
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Photo images are normally raster files
while illustrations are normally vectors.
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But let's see what Bard has to say.
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Bard replies that the image
was a raster image,
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a type of image normally created
by digital cameras and scanners.
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This is the file type of
a real-world photograph.
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So Bard was wrong in this case.
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It also mentions vectors being made of
mathematical formulas that define lines
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and shapes and images.
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And that vectors can be scaled to
any size without losing quality and
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that vectors are often used for
logos and other graphics.
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So, by its own definition, Bard confirms
our image was actually a vector image.
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But let's move on to the next test.
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Up next,
we'll be testing Google Bard's extensions.
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Extensions allow you to connect
Bard to third-party services.
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This allows Bard to answer queries
regarding your data on these third-party
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platforms.
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Currently barred can only connect to
fellow Google-owned products such
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as Google Flights, Google Hotels,
Google Maps, Google workspaces, and
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YouTube To enable an extension,
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simply click the toggle to enable it.
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Mine is already enabled, but
I'll toggle it just to show you firsthand
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Okay, for this first test,
I'll provide an example of how Bard can
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answer questions regarding
your Gmail inbox.
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I know I get quite a few emails from
Amazon regarding Amazon Alexa, both for
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the product itself and
for development news.
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So I'll ask Bard to find my
latest emails from Amazon Alexa.
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And let's see what it finds.
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Wow, that was fast.
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It found the following emails.
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Keep up with Alexa,
on the road, don't miss a beat,
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update to user id attribute length,
and Prime Big Deal Days.
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Next, I'll ask Bard to
summarize these emails so
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I know a little more about each one.
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And just like that, Bard has now
provided a description of each email.
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For example, in the third email,
the update to the user id attribute links,
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it says, the email informs us of an
upcoming change to the length of the user
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id string used by Alexa skills, and
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that we may need to update our skills
if we're using the user id attribute.
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As you can see,
this is a great way to quickly search and
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summarize emails in your inbox.
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Let's try one more example of using an
extension in Bard before we end our demo
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using Google's chatbot.
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In this example, I want Bard to recommend
me YouTube videos based on my needs.
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So I'll prompt it with,
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can you recommend me 5 YouTube videos
on learning Figma auto-layout?
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Please provide summaries.
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I asked for summaries so I can have
a brief description of each video without
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the need to watch it or click on the link
to go to the video's YouTube page.
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And there we go.
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We have 5 YouTube video recommendations,
each with a short description.
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The recommended videos come in a variety
of links, which is nice as it allows me to
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determine how much time I want
to spend learning auto layout.
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We even get our list of YouTube videos
embedded below the text response,
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where I can see the video's thumbnail and
even hit play, all right here within Bard.
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