[cubefox]

Bard uses a smaller model currently, which was announced before release.

> We’re releasing it initially with our lightweight model version of LaMDA. This much smaller model requires significantly less computing power, enabling us to scale to more users, allowing for more feedback. [1]

> Bard is powered by a research large language model (LLM), specifically a lightweight and optimized version of LaMDA, and will be updated with newer, more capable models over time. [2]

[1] https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-upda...

[2] https://blog.google/technology/ai/try-bard/

[stolsvik]

”We’re releasing something useless and uninteresting, so that we can get more user feedback”

Is it only me that sees a problem here?

[fakedang]

"We are releasing something that's too underdeveloped, because Wall Street demands we release something. We're using a smaller training set because we have to rush to market with our smaller, stupider model ASAP."

[qumpis]

I remember the CEO of google saying that more capable models will be releases a few months (a month?) ago already. Either they delayed or the model is just as bad (maybe they released after the announcement of coding in 20 languages?)

[cubefox]

First link is the CEO, it's from February.