Google's AI chatbot Bard gets boost in battle with Microsoft
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), which has been scrambling to put itself more front-and-center in the artificial intelligence industry, said it is making changes to its Bard AI chatbot that will help software developers write code for their products.
Google (GOOG) said in a company statement that the update to Bard will assist with programming and software development in areas such as code generation, code explanation and debugging. The new Bard capabilities will be available in more than 20 programming languages, including Java, Javascript, C++ and Python.
Paige Bailey, Group Product Manager for Google Research, said that in addition to generating code, Bard will now be able to explain "code snippets" to developers, which Bailey said would be particularly helpful for those learning about programming for the first time.
The move comes as Google (GOOG) works to catch up to Microsoft (MSFT) and ChatGPT developer OpenAI, who are working together to advance AI under what has been called a "multi-year, multi-billion dollar" partnership. The rise of ChatGPT late last year has sent companies such as Google (GOOG), IBM (IBM) and Nvidia (NVDA) to tout their roles in AI and how their products and services can boost enterprises efforts in the nascent technology field.
Google (GOOG) released Bard for public use in March.