Ever since the reveal of ChatGPT, many companies have either tried to buy rights to the software or make one of their own. It’s interesting to see how first movers such as ChatGPT can affect an entire market. Tech giants such as Microsoft and Google have been scrambling to create a chatbot of their own and I think it is essential to look at what other competition ChatGPT has so we can have an idea of how AI in the future will look. When it comes to industries such as artificial intelligence, I feel as if it’s necessary for products to be differentiated in order to target various consumers and their specific needs. I’m excited to see how tech companies will implement it into the designs of their own chatbots and if they don’t will ChatGPT remain the status quo?
As one of the prevailing tech companies, it is only right that Google has a prototype cooking to take the market by storm. One benefit that I would say Google has that helps place them over OpenAI is that they have extreme brand loyalty. If Google has a chatbot of its own, who would you rather use? I’m sure that your answer was Google simply because of your familiarity with them and their products. Now let’s get into the details, Google’s conversational chatbot is named Bard AI and they are preparing to launch soon. At first, the software won’t be available to the public because decided to first beta test in order to work out any kinks. Google was able to sniff out which functions ChatGPT is lacking and installed them in their own project. For example, Bard will be able to voice their finding to people of different demographics such as a 50-year-old vs a 9-year-old. In fact, I just learned that they are also conducting rigorous internal testing within their product teams in order to make sure that Bard’s rollout is as smooth as possible.
Microsoft
Microsoft decided to take a different approach to its development of artificial intelligence. I am sure that you are familiar with Bing, if not it is Microsoft’s search engine which was released in the year 2009. Instead of making a chatbot like all other companies, Microsoft was able to integrate its search engine with AI which is pretty interesting when you look at the functionalities of the software. They have also been able to enhance their Edge web browser with AI which is spectacular as they are the first large company to do so. The value they are trying to communicate is the fluidity that their web browsers will now offer to their consumers. They have released a few official demos for the public to see which show AI annotations beside the search bar in order to help the user identify the answer they are looking for by asking questions and talking to the chatbot. A fun fact is that the technology runs on the same technology that ChatGPT uses, although it’s an upgraded version. I just recently learned that Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI which gives them licenses to the software that ChatGPT uses. Microsoft was able to use its influence and capital in its favor and now has built upon ChatGPT to make a product of its own. Will this advantage help them beat out Google’s new bot?
What will the future look like?
I love when there are huge developments that shock the public because I believe that it marks the start of a new era. Just as the Google search engine was a spearhead in tech, ChatGPT is a spearhead in artificial intelligence. We have come across a bot that can create essays, emit facts off current events, and even code projects if we give it the requirements to satisfy. Now colleges are worried for their students due to a concern for cheating, but can we really call it that? Nonetheless, multiple institutions of higher education have already addressed the problem through syllabi and other resources. What motivation will students have to go and seek out information for their projects and assignments when they have software that will do the task for them in a timely manner? This has prompted the creation of tech that can discern ChatGPT from a human being’s own work. The key method being used in some of the developments of the tech is looking for keywords that have occurred in multiple outputs of the software.
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Hey Michael, super interesting post! I think it’s cool to see these big players come into the AI market and try to differentiate themselves to build a new avenue for revenue. The future of AI is unclear but will be a part of our future and it surely is seen if ChatGPT remains the status quo. This kind of competition is awesome because it pushes the limits of technological advancements.
Hi Michael! It’s so interesting to see how quick companies are with creating new technologies once that technology has been created and there’s so much discussion surrounding it. An example I can think about this would be with self driving cars. After they were created, so many brands that have different customers started to try to work on that for their cars to keep up. This reminded me of when Jere Doyle was talking to us about venture capital and how most investors try to invest in ideas that have already been invested in/proven to be successful. This was a great post!
ChatGPT really is generational, and it’s crazy that we’re taking this class in the midst of it all. It’s made me think: do you think Google is taking advantage of it’s abundance of resources already out on the market that is collecting all sorts of data about us to make Bard better? Would we be mad if it did that? Think about YouTube, Google Search, Gmail, and even Google Home that we are already communicate with regularly. Given all of this data, Bard could really be amazing! But is that an infringement of our privacy? What do you think?
I’m wondering whether AI will be like CGI. Back when CGI started to be used in movies, it looked so realistic. Now my kids make fun of those movies because the special effects are so bad by today’s standards. I think we’ll learn to sniff out the tell tale signs of AI (like 6 fingers on people), and start to see through it. We’d all still better figure out how to use it better!
For some reason, I feel like I will always remember the day I found out about all the capabilities of AI. I feel like for me AI was always there but never talked about until BAM! Everyone and their dog knows and is talking about AI. When chatGPT came out one of my first thoughts was how other big tech firms would react. In my opinion I think Google could defiantly take control of this market by just the shier amount of data they have on humans and what we look up on a day-to-day basis.
In the spirit of this post I asked ChatGPT to write a short, positive comment on it, these are the results:
“This blog post provides insightful information about the competition ChatGPT is facing from tech giants such as Google and Microsoft, who are developing their own chatbots. The post highlights the benefits of each company’s chatbot and how they differ from ChatGPT, which is essential in understanding how AI will look in the future. The author’s enthusiasm for the new developments in AI is contagious, and they pose thought-provoking questions about the impact of such technology on education and cheating. Overall, this post provides an excellent overview of the current state of the AI market and its potential implications.”
It does seem pretty obvious based on its use of certain words, and perfect grammar that I myself did not write it. Everyone has their own style of writing and ChatGPT seems to have its own style. Maybe bard will be better, through all the news that it coming out it seems as though it will be. That may make it harder to discern for those softwares and it may be viewed as cheating, and it definitely is in a way to use it, but after school, if I am able to use it to better my work wherever I happen to work, why shouldn’t I?
It is so interesting to see how AI is taking over everyday technologies. I use an app called Notion for school and extracurriculars and yesterday they introduced AI into the software. They are using GPT 3 language model which is the same technology behind chat gpt. Prof kane brought up an interesting point though, I wonder if in a few years, the responses we are getting now will seem amateur compared to later when the technology is more developed. Super interesting post and loved reading more about how AI is disrupting so many industries and companies!
I appreciate you breaking down the current scene of the madness that is generative AI software. I am most interested to see if the hype behind this will slow down and if it will be implemented into a certain sector. Since most of the current software are using the GPT 3 model, the key will be to see how competitors can differentiate themselves and create completely unique functionality.
I remember from management 3000 when we learned that a lot of times, it is not good to be the first company to introduce a completely new product or technology because it allows other companies to watch your successes and failures and create a similar company while avoiding your mistakes. Personally, ChatGPT has been really helpful and interesting to use and I could see myself using it a lot in the future in my career, so I am glad that other companies are trying to compete and make the system better.
Hey Mike, these companies that are attempting to mimic what ChatGPT does or even make their own similar software are really smart to me. I believe if you want to dive into the AI industry, now is the perfect time since there’s so much that we do know, and so much that we have yet to learn! It’s still crazy to me ghat ChatGPT can answer almost any question that you give it and will spit it out in less than 20 seconds. I love technology!