Quora's new chatbot Poe, Google unveils ChatGPTs rival, China's Baidu introduces AI Chatbot "Ernie(09/02/2023)
1) Quora opens up its AI chatbot app Poe for public use
Social question-and-answer platform Quora has opened up public access to its new AI product "Poe", which allows users to ask questions, receive instant answers and engage in back-and-forth dialogue with AI chatbots. Poe (Platform for Open Exploration) was initially available on iOS, but the company said that it would add support for all major platforms in the next few months, along with more bots. Poe functions similarly to a text messaging app, but for AI models, users can communicate with the models separately. Its chat interface offers a variety of conversation topics and uses cases, such as "writing help", "cooking," "problem-solving", and "nature". The Q&A platform also shared that they are in the process of making an Application Programming Interface that will make it easy for any AI developer to plug their model into Poe.
2) Google unveils ChatGPT rival Bard, AI search plans in battle with Microsoft
Google has unveiled an experimental conversation AI service called Bard. Similar to ChatGPT, Bard will provide detailed answers to questions such as "compare two Oscar-nominated movies" and "get lunch ideas based on what's in your fridge". The service will be initially opened up to "trusted testers" before making it more widely available to the public.
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3) China's Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style AI bot called 'Ernie'
China's Baidu says it will complete internal testing of a ChatGPT-style project called "Ernie Bot" in March. Ernie, meaning "Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration," is a large AI-powered language model introduced in 2019. The company's Hong Kong-listed shares jumped as much as 13.4% on the news. ChatGPT is not available in China, but some users have found workarounds to access the service. Beijing-based Baidu has been a first mover in China on other tech trends.
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