ChatGPT vs Bard: Which one is better?
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ChatGPT vs Bard has been the talk of the town for quite some time, especially for those dealing with AI products every day. Both tools are extremely powerful and can help ease your everyday tasks, but the million-dollar question is, which one is better?
Google’s Bard has been praised for its user-friendly interface and its ability to access information beyond a specific date, even in the free version. Bard’s smooth interface makes it easy to use, and its lack of a knowledge cutoff means that users can access information from any point in time.
In contrast to Bard, ChatGPT’s smooth interface is only available in its GPT-4 version. Additionally, ChatGPT’s free version has a knowledge cutoff set in September 2021, which means that it may not provide information on recent events or developments without premium access.
ChatGPT and Bard are both large language models (LLMs) that have been trained on large datasets of text and code. However, there is a key difference in the training data that they were trained on: ChatGPT was trained on a dataset of text and code, while Bard was trained on a dataset of text, code, and Google Search results.
This difference in training data means that Bard has a wider knowledge base than ChatGPT. Bard has access to more information from Google Search results, which allows it to answer a broader range of questions. For example, if you ask Bard a question about a recent event, Bard will be able to access information about that event from Google Search results, even if the event happened after ChatGPT’s knowledge cutoff.
In addition to having a wider knowledge base, Bard is also able to access more information in real-time. This is because Bard can access Google Search results, which are constantly being updated with new information. This means that Bard can provide the most up-to-date information possible, even for questions about recent events.
That also means, while ChatGPT is better at generating creative text formats, Bard is better at providing informative and accurate answers to user inquiries. And, unlike the free version of ChatGPT, Bard offers the added advantage of voice input functionality.
In short, when it comes to the ongoing debate between ChatGPT and Bard, the answer depends on your specific usage. What purpose do you have in mind for using this chatbot? You decide.
Speaking of which, ChatGPT traffic drops the lowest since its release according to recent statistics. While there could be various factors at play, it remains uncertain whether Bard will gradually close the gap and catch up. Who knows?
