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You can use Bard if you enable it in the Workspace Admin Portal. In https://admin.google.com/ac/appslist/additional https://admin.google.com/ac/appslist/additi

You can use Bard if you enable it in the Workspace Admin Portal. In https://admin.google.com/ac/appslist/additional https://admin.google.com/ac/appslist/additional, enable the option for "Early Access Apps"

wilg 3y ago
Dope, thanks! Would have been a great thing for the Bard webzone to mention.
- danpalmer 3y ago
  This was announced and is documented in the FAQs and support docs.
  - andy_ppp 3y ago
    Great but I think trying to get as many people using Bard, especially Google’s customers, should be a goal. Why not just enable this by default?
    - danpalmer 3y ago
      Typically features like this are disabled by default for Workspace so that admins can opt-in to them. This has happened for years with many features. Part of the selling point of Workspace is stability and control. In this particular case, I would guess (I have no inside info) that companies are sensitive to use of AI tools like Bard/ChatGPT on their company machines, and want the ability to block access. All this boils down to Workspace customers are companies, not individuals.
      - londons_explore 3y ago
        I think they don't know their market. For every IT guy who doesn't want users stumbling across a new Google product at work and uploading corporate documents to it, there is some executive who hates their 'buggy' IT systems because half the stuff he uses on his home PC doesn't work properly from a work account. The smart move would have been for workspace accounts to work exactly the same as consumer accounts by default, and then something akin to group policy for admins to disable features. For new stuff like this, let the admins have a control for 'all future products'.
        danpalmer 3y ago
        This works the other way though, Google adds a new button to Gmail and the IT illiterate exec gets in touch to ask what it is or clicks it not knowing it does something they don't want to do, and suddenly the IT team find out from users that their policies and documentation are out of date. It may not be the option we like as tech-aware users, and I've found it annoying in the past at a previous role where I was always asking our Workspace admin to enable features. But, I don't think it's the wrong choice.
  - wilg 3y ago
    And yet, I did not know after trying to use Bard a couple times and being generally aware of how Workspace works.

wilg 3y ago

Dope, thanks! Would have been a great thing for the Bard webzone to mention.

danpalmer 3y ago
This was announced and is documented in the FAQs and support docs.
- andy_ppp 3y ago
  Great but I think trying to get as many people using Bard, especially Google’s customers, should be a goal. Why not just enable this by default?
  - danpalmer 3y ago
    Typically features like this are disabled by default for Workspace so that admins can opt-in to them. This has happened for years with many features. Part of the selling point of Workspace is stability and control. In this particular case, I would guess (I have no inside info) that companies are sensitive to use of AI tools like Bard/ChatGPT on their company machines, and want the ability to block access. All this boils down to Workspace customers are companies, not individuals.
    - londons_explore 3y ago
      I think they don't know their market. For every IT guy who doesn't want users stumbling across a new Google product at work and uploading corporate documents to it, there is some executive who hates their 'buggy' IT systems because half the stuff he uses on his home PC doesn't work properly from a work account. The smart move would have been for workspace accounts to work exactly the same as consumer accounts by default, and then something akin to group policy for admins to disable features. For new stuff like this, let the admins have a control for 'all future products'.
      - danpalmer 3y ago
        This works the other way though, Google adds a new button to Gmail and the IT illiterate exec gets in touch to ask what it is or clicks it not knowing it does something they don't want to do, and suddenly the IT team find out from users that their policies and documentation are out of date. It may not be the option we like as tech-aware users, and I've found it annoying in the past at a previous role where I was always asking our Workspace admin to enable features. But, I don't think it's the wrong choice.
- wilg 3y ago
  And yet, I did not know after trying to use Bard a couple times and being generally aware of how Workspace works.