When was the last time you got excited about a major Android update? It could be Google reimagining Android with Android 12 on Pixel phones, or Google partnering with Nabisco to give the OS a special name. This may have been the last time. Either way, it’s been pretty boring for a while, but it can really rejuvenate your desire to see big new updates.
i’m talking about the bard (opens in new tab), of course. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of Bard. Google announced this last week in response to Microsoft’s integration of ChatGPT into Bing and Edge. (opens in new tab) Because the Redmond-based tech giant hopes to finally get ahead of Google in the search and browser game.
But Bard isn’t ready to replace it, as Google proved in its announcement. (opens in new tab) Google search immediately. Bard, like ChatGPT and his BERT at Google before it, is a natural language model that extrapolates information from existing websites to come up with cohesive answers. But getting that source information wrong can have as disastrous consequences as the misinformation already rampant on the Internet.
I think Bard’s positive traits mean it’s ripe for integration first into Android and Chrome, like Microsoft is doing with Bing and ChatGPT. If Google does it, it could be the most exciting Android release ever.
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You may not realize this, but Bard and ChatGPT can do more than just curate search results. It’s not really the most exciting thing, it’s probably the least accurate thing.
Instead, Google should start using Bard for more practical purposes before trying to integrate Bard into search and screw up real money making. Dropping into Android as a system-level way to analyze behavior and make suggestions is where it should first appear.
Curation of search results isn’t the most exciting thing Bard and ChatGPT can do.
Over the years, Google has integrated AI into Android in various ways. Not only are processors more powerful, but modern smartphones are battery efficient as AI routines can analyze a user’s daily behavior and tailor the experience by preventing unused apps from running in the background. is improving.Your phone also knows when to rotate the screen based on your head position (opens in new tab) Thanks to AI understanding.
So what if Google took it to the next level with Bard? Microsoft integrated ChatGPT to help users compose emails, initiate templates for important document types, is reportedly preparing an Office update for 2023 that will help you create entire documents based on one idea provided by .
Imagine what this could do on your phone.
Maybe you’ve already gone on vacation and forgot to turn off the lights or set your alarm. Tap that Google Assistant button to tell Google you’re on vacation, and it will turn off all lights, activate your security system, set your thermostat to unattended mode, and enable notifications for all the best wireless security cameras. may trigger a series of automatic instructions to (opens in new tab) You may scatter around your property and follow it up with a simple itinerary for your planned trip.
Bard can be used to recommend apps based on user behavior or help compose texts and emails.
Or do you just need to compose a quick email or text message? Well, it sounds silly, but Valentine’s Day is approaching and not everyone has words. And why not write a love letter just for you, including some of your favorite things? After all, people are buying Hallmark cards written by other people all the time.
Want to schedule your next Instagram post or create custom notifications for your posts on Twitter for filters Bard can create based on your set of interests?
Or do you want Bard to suggest better ways to use your phone? Phones like the Galaxy S23 (opens in new tab) We’ve already done things like this, recommending you turn down the brightness to save battery life, or enable facial recognition to make using your phone more convenient, but Bard goes further. You can proceed.
If you’re a heavy multitasker, I think Bard (or something similar) can recommend downloading and using Good Lock. (opens in new tab) Get a more power-user friendly experience with your Galaxy phone.
But it’s not all ready yet
One of the coolest things I’ve seen on ChatGPT so far is the article summaries.we all came across them TRUE Maybe you have a long news article in your feed and just wanted an executive summary. ChatGPT and Bard are perfect tools for that, but they aren’t always accurate or reliable.
I asked our own Andrew Myrick to try this out on some Android Central articles since it’s already been accepted by the new Bing. Here are some examples of how it was done.
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The first summary is actually very good and very to the point. We provide a quick recap of Harish’s excellent OnePlus 11 review. (opens in new tab) No photos or extra fluff. Not the full picture by any means, but better than nothing.
The second example above summarizes the comparison between the Galaxy S23 Ultra and the Galaxy S22 Ultra. (opens in new tab)It does a decent job, but it makes a lot of factual errors and contains information that my article doesn’t. Such a chip does not exist and was not covered in the article. No one knows where it came from, but it wasn’t from the article Andrew asked to summarize.
Finally, here’s an example of ChatGPT’s so-called ‘hallucinations’. His ChatGPT summary of Jerry’s article contains factual errors and a few things he never mentioned. In fact, this summary seems to introduce a significant bias into the mix, painting Byrd in a negative light that Jerry never did, and that clearly comes from the “heart” of the competition, ChatGPT. increase.
The article summary could be a great introduction to Android 14, but I hope Google’s version is a little better than ChatGPT’s current representation.
Either way, hopefully Google will bring this into Android 14 to give it an edge over the competition.
