chat bot barddeveloped Google as a response to ChatGPT from Open AIbecame the object of sharp criticism from employees of the company shortly before its launch in March of this year.

According to information released by Bloomberg, which had access to the company’s internal communications, Bard’s development was marked by a drive to win a dispute with OpenAI, which led to Google providing poor quality information and abandoning its ethical obligations.

According to reports from employees and former employees, the ethics team at the company is demoralized, and those responsible for ethics and product safety have been instructed not to intervene and not try to cancel the development of generative AI tools.

One employee interviewed by Bloomberg stated that Bard is “pathological liar“and who, while explaining how to land a plane, gave suggestions that would lead to an accident. Another said that a chatbot is “irresistibleand that it doesn’t meet Google’s standards.

In addition, the responsible AI team fired at least three employees at the company in a round of layoffs in January, including the head of operations and programs. The cuts affected about 12,000 employees of Google and its parent company Alphabet.

Despite criticism and concerns about ethics and security, Google continues to invest in the development of Bard and the integration of generative artificial intelligence into its products, in competition with OpenAI. It remains to be seen whether rushing to win this dispute will cause the company to jeopardize its reputation and values.

Google said it works for improvements

According to a Bloomberg statement, Google said it stands by its commitment to developing responsible artificial intelligence. “We invest in teams working to apply our AI principles to our technology.“, – said the representative of the company.

The launch of OpenAI ChatGPT prompted Google to issue a red alert to speed up AI products. According to The New York Times, the company is focusing on integrating its generative AI into other products to revitalize its search engine, which has struggled with the launch of the OpenAI chatbot and Microsoft’s new Bing.

Google is committed to making its generative AI a key element of its product strategy, and this is a top priority for the company. Meanwhile, the company remains committed to the responsible development of its technology in line with its AI principles.

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Source: Bloomberg.

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