Some Google employees criticized 'rushed' Bard announcement

Photo: Google

Some Googlers aren't happy with the company's recent announcement of its ChatGPT rival, Bard. Posts in the company's internal message boards called the launch of the AI chatbot "rushed" and "botched," with many targeting CEO Sundar Pichai. Google announced Bard earlier this week to try and get ahead of Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Big redesign.

But when the company tweeted out a demo, several users pointed out that it contained a factual error. And then during Wednesday's launch, a presenter forgot the phone they were going to use to show off one of Bar'ds features. And there were reports that some employees weren't even aware of the event. Google's stock to a big blow after the news about Bard's error started making its rounds, losing nearly US$100 billion of its market value in a day.

Source