Bard is a chatbot developed by Google in response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It was initially released in limited capacity in March 2023 and expanded to other countries in May. Bard is based on the LaMDA family of large language models and later upgraded to PaLM and Gemini. It was announced in February 2023 and integrated into Google Search. Bard faced criticism and an underwhelming launch, but Google continued to develop and upgrade it. Updates included integration with other Google products, expansion to more countries, and support for additional languages.
Bars has been renamed to Gemini. This change aligns with the underlying AI model’s name.