Bard removes waiting lists in India, 179 other countries
Google initially opened access to Bard in the US and UK. The company is eliminating waiting lists and opening Bard to more than 180 countries and territories. But please note that the AI chatbot is still in beta.
“As we continue to make additional improvements and introduce new features, we want to get Bard into the hands of more people so they can try it out and share their feedback with us,” the company said.
Bard will also be available in Japanese and Korean. Google said that it is also working on supporting 40 languages soon.
Bard is now powered by PaLM 2
In his keynote address, Google CEO Sundar Pichai talked about PaLM 2, a more powerful large language model (LLM), which enables AI chatbots with advanced math and reasoning skills and coding capabilities.
Bard to become more ‘visual’
Google announced that Bard will soon become more visible in both its responses and prompts. For example, if you ask Bard, “What are some must-see sights in New Orleans?” The chatbot will return a text with visuals like pictures to give better results to the users.
bard with google lens
If you want to “boost your creativity”, you can use Google Lens with Bard. To illustrate this, Google presented a picture of two dogs and asked Bard to “write a funny caption about these two”. The AI chatbot used Google Lens to analyze the photos, detect dog breeds, and return some creative captions.
coding with google bard
Google has already said that Bard is getting better at coding and at Google I/O, the company said it’s adding some major coding upgrades for developers. Code will now give more accurate quotes. It’s also adding an ‘Export’ button to quickly share and run code with partners. The third major feature that comes in Bard is the dark theme.