There is no doubt that Bard, the chatbot with which Google intends to take on ChatGPT and especially the new Bing, not having a particularly dazzling early period. As you may remember, the service was announced just a day before the already announced presentation of the new Bing in response to the already known “code red” activated by Sundar Pichai after verifying that his competition was in danger of moving far. in the implementation of artificial intelligence in the context of information seekers on the Internet.

As my colleague Juan said a few days ago, rushing is not good, and in this case it led to the launch of a chatbot that still has many edges to polish, to the extent that even some Company workers began to define Bard as “wretched” and a “convulsive liar”., with statements so bold that it can endanger people’s lives. This certainly explains why its deployment is proving to be much slower than one might expect, because even with a large number of Google professionals dedicated exclusively to Bard, a lot of work is needed to ensure that the generative AI model always responds as it should be.

Google’s image has suffered from these recent events, and the risk that tech companies like Samsung are considering switching to Bing as the default search engine on their devices has been like throwing a 100-pound bag of salt on a wide and already painful set. wounds. This is clear, as history has shown us a failed startup does not necessarily mean total failure, there is still room for improvement and a quick response can reverse the trend, however negative it may be at first. And if not, tell the developers of No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 to name just two examples.

It’s clear that Google is quite aware of this situation and I don’t think I’m wrong when I say that we all expect important news at Google I/O 2023, which will take place in just a few weeks. However, any significant improvement achieved before arriving at said event should be reviewed to improve the chatbot’s image as much as possible as soon as possible. This, of course, explains Google’s recent announcement Bard has already learned how to programundoubtedly one of the most anticipated features of many users who already have access to the service.

This is well known the use that many people give to ChatGPT and the new Bing This is exactly what you need to get the necessary code for the function defined in the prompt. It’s also true that a deeper analysis will reveal that the code provided is sometimes not the most correct option, but at the very least it significantly reduces development time, which is why this feature has been so well received.

The first implementation of Bard’s programming ability seems to be completely finished, as we can read in the above statement:

«Bard can help with programming and software development tasks, including code generation, debugging, and code explanation. We implement these features in more than 20 programming languages, including C++, Go, Java, Javascript, Python, and Typescript. And you can easily export your Python code to Google Colab, no copy and paste required. Bard can also help with typing features for Google Sheets.»

In addition to the wide range in terms of supported languages, I think the integration with other Google services is particularly smart, something that Bard can win a lot of whole numbers with when it comes to those who have come to expect this functionality from a chatbot. It remains to be seen, of course, whether its functioning, i.e. the code it generates, is adequate, needs to be polished or still does not meet the standard of what other services offer. However, we’ll still have to wait until Google decides to expand the scope of its beta to more users and from more geographies, as it’s still only available in the United States and the United Kingdom for now.