The launch of Google Bard’s Advanced level may come sooner than people expected, according to a recent leak, and it won’t be free.
Well, it’s not a “leak” per se; The company left a ton of clues on its website that anyone could find if they knew where to look. That is how developer Bedros Pamboukian at X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) found lines of code that hinted at the imminent release of Bard Advanced. What’s interesting is that the discovery reveals that the improved AI will be included with Google One and if you purchase a subscription, you will be able to try it out as part of a three-month trial.
There’s a bit of a buzz around Bard Advanced because it will be powered by Google’s top-of-the-line Gemini Ultra model. In an announcement post from last December, the company states that the Gemini Ultra has been designed to address “highly complex tasks and accept multimodal inputs.” This possibility is supported by another leak from user Dylan Roussel on X stating that the chatbot will be capable of “advanced reasoning and mathematics skills.”
It’s unknown what tier of Google One people will have to purchase to get access or if there will be a new one for Bard Advanced. No leak reveals a price. But if we had to make a wild guess, you might have to opt for the $10/month Premium plan. Given the interest surrounding AI, it would make sense for Google to set a high barrier to entry.
Potential Features
Going back to the Roussel leak, it reveals many other features that may or may not come to Google Bard. Things could change or “may never land.”
First of all, it is possible to create custom bots using the AI tool. There is very little information about them. We don’t know what they do or if they can be shared. The only thing we know is that the bots are collectively codenamed Motoko.
Next, it looks like Bard will be receiving a couple of additional tools. It has Gallery, a set of publicly viewable posts on a variety of topics that users can consult to generate ideas. Then there are the Tasks. Roussel admits that she couldn’t find many details about it, but from what she understands, it will be “used to manage long-running tasks like” image generation.
5. Share background/foreground This one is pretty explicit. Although, although my screenshots show what “Foreground” looks like, they don’t show “Background”. pic.twitter.com/hWHi95U3h3January 4, 2024
Speaking of generating images, the third feature allows users to create backgrounds and foregrounds for smartphones and website banners. The latest, called Power Up, is said to be able to improve text prompts. Once again, there is little information to go on. We don’t know how backgrounds can be created (if that’s what’s happening) or what turning on a text message looks like. It’s hard to say for sure.
Users probably won’t have to wait long to get a full image. Since they were hidden on Google’s website, the official launch must be just around the corner.
2024 is shaping up to be a big year for artificial intelligence, especially when it comes to companies like Google Bard and its ChatGPT. If you want to know which one we think will come out on top, check out TechRadar’s ChatGPT vs Google Bard analysis.
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