- Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL Google tested new artificial intelligence-powered chat products to integrate them into a search engine that will likely influence a future public product launch.
- Google worked on a project under its cloud unit called "Atlas" to respond to the large-language chatbot ChatGPT, CNBC reports.
- Google also tested a chatbot called "Apprentice Bard," where employees can ask questions and receive detailed answers similar to ChatGPT.
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- Apprentice Bard's answers can include recent events, a feature ChatGPT doesn't have yet.
- Google tested a new search desktop design that could serve as a question-and-answer form.
- The home search page offers five prompts for potential questions placed directly under the main search bar, replacing the current "I'm feeling lucky" bar.
- The product tests come after a recent all-hands meeting where employees raised concerns about the company's competitive edge in AI, given the sudden popularity of Microsoft Corp MSFT backed OpenAI's ChatGPT.
- Microsoft shared a new multiyear, $10 billion deal in January with OpenAI. The deal followed its previous investments in 2019 and 2021.
- It extends Microsoft's ongoing collaboration across artificial intelligence supercomputing and research and commercializes the resulting advanced AI technologies.
- Since 2016, Microsoft has committed to building Azure into an AI supercomputer for the world.
- Price Action: GOOG shares closed higher by 1.96% at $99.87 on Tuesday.
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