Have you ever wondered about the differences and similarities between ChatGPT and Google Bard?
Well, ChatGPT and Google Bard provide similar services but in different ways.
They both are Generative Artificial Intelligence products that respond to user prompts to generate text, images, or other media using the intelligence of a machine or software.
OpenAI developed ChatGPT, which uses a Microsoft supercomputing platform to run its systems and was released in 2022.
Bard is an AI Chatbot created by GoogleAI and Deepmind. It uses the Google platform to run its systems and was launched in 2023.
Bard and ChatGPT are based on Large Language models, the types of neural networks that mimic the human brain in the form of a computer.
Bard uses the free Pathways Language Model (PaLM 2) while ChatGPT uses the free version Language model of GPT-3.5 and the Plus version of GPT-4 which costs Sh2,985 per month.
On internet access, Bard provides real-time internet access and can scan the web for up-to-date information while ChatGPT is limited to data collection until September 2021 and lacks real-time internet access.
On Web browsing, ChatGPT uses Bing search while Google Bard uses Google search.
On its availability for use, ChatGPT is available to all while Bard is available to anyone who logs in to their Google account.
On the language responses, ChatGPT generates human-like responses while Bard generates conversational responses.
On interrogations, ChatGPT uses a wide range of plugins and interrogations available while Bard has limited interrogations and plugins.
ChatGPT can be a subject to biases of data while Google Bard can be a subject to the biases of the internet.
On the data sources, Bard is trained on a training data set called Infiniset while ChatGPT is trained on text datasets such as books, documents, articles, and web content.
ChatGPT is better at paraphrasing and summarizing, but Bard is better at simplification.
On the User- interface, both Bard and ChatGPT platforms offer a user-friendly interface that allows users to quickly ask questions, input prompts, and generate written content with minimal effort.
On Versatility, both tools are capable of generating various types of content such as social media updates, product descriptions, or even creative pieces like songs and poems.