Google is using Bard for a generative AI-enhanced version of Assistant - The Verge
Google is using Bard for a generative AI-enhanced version of Assistant - The Verge
Bard is coming to Assistant.
- Google announced the launch of Assistant with Bard, an enhancement using generative AI, during the Made by Google event alongside the unveiling of Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2.
- Assistant with Bard aims to offer personalized assistance such as trip planning, email details retrieval, and grocery list creation.
- The new assistant integrates with existing Google apps like Gmail and Docs for better information retrieval and summarization, maintaining interaction via text, voice, or images.
- A notable feature is its ability to provide photo captions; by overlaying Bard on a photo, users can generate captions and relevant hashtags for social media posting.
- Privacy settings are customizable according to user preferences, ensuring a level of privacy control.
- The release is staged, with a rollout to early testers "soon" and a broader launch on Android and iOS platforms "in the coming months."
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During the Made by Google event, where it debuted new Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 hardware, Google also announced it’s launching Assistant with Bard, which leverages generative AI to provide personalized assistance to users.
The company says the new AI-enhanced assistant can do things like help plan your next trip, find details in your email inbox, and even create a grocery list.
As an example of what the tool can do, Google says you can “float the Bard overlay on top” of a photo you want to post on social media and ask Assistant with Bard to create a caption.
This demo, which you can see above, even shows how Bard can come up with relevant hashtags to match the image.
Google notes that you “choose your individual privacy settings” as well.
Google is rolling it out to early testers “soon” before it arrives on Android and iOS “in the coming months.”
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