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Google Bard announced a global update today, expanding the Gemini Pro large language model capabilities to 40 languages and adding an image generation feature. This update is a significant step in Bard's development, making it easier to use and more competitive. Gemini Pro is Google's most advanced LLM to date. Bard ranks second in the Chatbots Arena leaderboard.

The Google Bard GemPro version has successfully surpassed GPT-4 in the LMSYS chatbot rankings, bringing significant changes to the chatbot field. Bard is now the second highest-scoring chatbot on the LMSYS list, gradually catching up to the champion, GPT-4 Turbo. Bard's rise is attributed to its adoption of Google's Gemini Pro large multimodal model, making it the second model on the list to achieve over 1200 points. LMSYS Org states that Bard's surge in the rankings is a remarkable development.

Google Bard plans to launch its own AI image generator following the search generation experience and slides. Bard offers an easy creative process, allowing users to bring their imagination to life by simply entering a few words. The AI image generator will be powered by Google's Imagen series of models, providing high-quality, realistic, high-resolution, and aesthetically pleasing images. Unlike the image generator launched last year, Bard's image generator will be part of Duet AI, integrated into Google Slides and Meet.

Google has released the Gemini Pro large language model, making Bard smarter. Gemini Pro surpasses GPT-3.5, and users can experience Bard powered by Gemini Pro for free. Google plans to launch Bard Advanced, which will support multimodal input.

Google Bard has launched an exciting new feature that allows users to have in-depth conversations with YouTube videos. Users can ask questions, prompting Bard to answer, summarize, or list key information. Bard can also provide practical examples based on the video content, helping users to understand more deeply. Additionally, users can save Bard's responses directly to Google Docs with one click. This new feature offers a completely new experience in how we interact with videos.

In the experimental version of the Edge browser, Microsoft promotes its Bing chat tool when users search for 'Google Bard'. Microsoft aims to leverage various channels to promote Bing chat and gain an edge over Google Bard. By launching Bing chat ahead of Google Bard and integrating it into multiple applications, Microsoft seeks to establish a first-mover advantage. This competition is expected to bring more innovation and choices to users, with both sides accelerating the development of AI-driven search engines.

Google recently launched extensions connecting its AI chatbot Bard with products like Gmail and Docs. These extensions can assist users in finding the information they need among a large volume of unread emails and documents. However, Bard extensions struggle with understanding the semantic context, often misinterpreting user queries' intentions. Currently, the extensions are still quite clunky and need further improvement to become truly reliable work assistants. Users should be cautious about the risks to their privacy from Bard accessing personal information.

The Bard extension launched by Google uses a large language model designed to summarize emails and plan trips, but it has generated emails that were never sent. A reporter found that Bard AI created false emails and even incorrectly provided flight information and fabricated train details. Google stated that the Bard extension is still in the experimental phase, but this product has raised privacy concerns and sparked worries about potential serious mistakes that Google could make in the AI field.

The new version of Bard integrates with Google applications, allowing users to save generated content directly to Google Docs, Sheets, and more with just one click. Bard has added a self-verification feature that enables the chatbot to correct its mistakes, increasing its credibility. The functions of Bard are continuously improving, shifting from a competition among large models to product applications, forming a differentiated competition with ChatGPT. Tech giants like Google are leveraging their strengths to combine AIGC tools with their applications, fully engaging in the competition for application scenarios. The AIGC field is transitioning from the model competition phase to a stage of application innovation and ecosystem development.

Google's AI chatbot Bard has recently been updated to include support for plugins for Gmail, Docs, and Drive. The updated Google Bard now supports real-time information retrieval from applications like Google Maps, YouTube, hotels, and flights, and allows users to turn it off at any time. Users can quickly select plugins by clicking the plugin icon or typing the plugin name prefix '@'. Google Bard also introduces a public link sharing feature, allowing users to share with Bard.