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A small aside, it is crazy how far behind Google seems to be when compared to OpenAI with their GPT products. There are lots and lots of companies throwing mone

A small aside, it is crazy how far behind Google seems to be when compared to OpenAI with their GPT products. There are lots and lots of companies throwing money at OpenAI and building their businesses on top of them. Meanwhile, Bard isn't even available outside the U.S... let alone any plugins, API access, or integrations that I have seen. What is the strategy here? Is it just to leverage existing workspace customers and have no real 1:1 competing chat/bot/platform to OpenAI?

TX81Z 3y ago
Here’s the most egregious example of Google blowing it I’ve seen. I’ve been deploying some infra on Google cloud - turns out Bard can’t answer a single question, and half the time gives up with the “as a language model…” escape routine. Meanwhile GPT is writing Python scripts to call the Google Cloud APIs for me and they work on the first try. Like your entire business is supposed to be info retrieval and knowledge management and I need to use a competitor product to make sense of yours. JFC.
- J_Shelby_J 3y ago
  I don’t think there’s much left to be said about this saga of google. They destroyed search, let gmail stagnant, let YouTube get usurper by TikTok, and the cherry on top is completely missing a once in a species tech that was literally discovered by their employees. This is a blockbuster not buying Netflix moment for the history books x100. Google isn’t going anywhere, but the people responsible for this era are going to have really awkward moments coming to term with their legacies.
  - TX81Z 3y ago
    Disagree with YouTube, I think it’s a rare bright spot that serves a different need than TikTok. I think it would thrive if spun out, Google holds it back. Otherwise, spot on, I just don’t think the execs care about legacy, just $$$.
pb7 3y ago
> Bard is currently available in more than 40 languages and over 230 countries and territories. https://support.google.com/bard/answer/13575153?hl=en https://support.google.com/bard/answer/13575153?hl=en
- james2doyle 3y ago
  You're right. It looks like they have had a few big rollouts in the last few months. Looks like a bunch of the EU countries are added now. I should have looked a little closer. I tried it the other day and noticed it still isn't available where I live (Canada) for some reason...

TX81Z 3y ago

Here’s the most egregious example of Google blowing it I’ve seen. I’ve been deploying some infra on Google cloud - turns out Bard can’t answer a single question, and half the time gives up with the “as a language model…” escape routine. Meanwhile GPT is writing Python scripts to call the Google Cloud APIs for me and they work on the first try. Like your entire business is supposed to be info retrieval and knowledge management and I need to use a competitor product to make sense of yours. JFC.

J_Shelby_J 3y ago
I don’t think there’s much left to be said about this saga of google. They destroyed search, let gmail stagnant, let YouTube get usurper by TikTok, and the cherry on top is completely missing a once in a species tech that was literally discovered by their employees. This is a blockbuster not buying Netflix moment for the history books x100. Google isn’t going anywhere, but the people responsible for this era are going to have really awkward moments coming to term with their legacies.
- TX81Z 3y ago
  Disagree with YouTube, I think it’s a rare bright spot that serves a different need than TikTok. I think it would thrive if spun out, Google holds it back. Otherwise, spot on, I just don’t think the execs care about legacy, just $$$.

pb7 3y ago

> Bard is currently available in more than 40 languages and over 230 countries and territories. https://support.google.com/bard/answer/13575153?hl=en https://support.google.com/bard/answer/13575153?hl=en

james2doyle 3y ago
You're right. It looks like they have had a few big rollouts in the last few months. Looks like a bunch of the EU countries are added now. I should have looked a little closer. I tried it the other day and noticed it still isn't available where I live (Canada) for some reason...