Google Bard now works in over 180 countries.
Google Bard is here to compete withChatGPTandBing’s AI chat feature.
Here’s how to get access to Google Bard and use Google’s AI chatbot.
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In addition, Google announced Bard will support “Tools,” which sound similar toChatGPT plug-ins.
Google also said you will be able to communicate with Bard in Japanese and Korean as well as English.
You will have to sign in with a Google account.
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You no longer have to join a waitlist.
Assuming you’re in a supported country, you will be able to access Google Bard immediately.
If you don’t have a Google account, you’re able to create one for free.
To change Google accounts, use the profile button at the top-right corner of the Google Bard page.
(Here’s somedocumentation on enabling workspace features from Google.)
Google Bard also doesn’t support user accounts that belong to people who are under 18 years old.
Be sure to set your VPN server location to the US, the UK, or another supported country.
Our favorite VPN isExpressVPN.
You will have to sign in with the Google account that’s been given access to Google Bard.
you’re able to ask it questions or give it instructions.
Everything you punch in or say to it is called a “prompt.”
Other buttons let you give a thumbs up or thumbs down to a response—important feedback for Google.
Like all large language models (LLMs), Google Bard isn’t perfect and may have problems.
Unlike Bing’s AI Chat, Bard does not clearly cite the web pages it gets data from.
Google Bard does not have an official app as of Google I/O 2023 on May 10, 2023.
However, you’re free to dive into the officialbard.google.comwebsite in a web web client on your phone.
For example, Google has announcedplans to add AI writing features to Google Docs and Gmail.
Microsoft announced the newBing Image Creatorthe same day Google released Bard to the public.
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