Google’s Bard generative AI service may not be isolated into its own website for long.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal(opens in a new tab) that the company will eventually incorporate large language models (or LLMs) directly into Google search. Pichai did not provide a firm timeline or explain how it would work, but Microsoft’s Bing AI search function could be a hint as to how Google’s AI search function might work.
Pichai did tell the Wall Street Journal that Google is testing the ability to ask follow-up questions after a search query, so that’s something.
This advancement is significant because Google’s generative AI chatbot Bard currently lives on a separate webpage that does not interact with the company’s flagship search engine. Bard is still in beta testing, so users must sign up for a waitlist in order to try it out. Given that Bard has a history of getting information incorrect in some queries, it may be some time before Google feels comfortable incorporating it into the main search page.
