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Google’s AI-Enabled Tools: Helping Journalists or Falling Short?
Google stirs up U.S. journalists and news publishers with rumored Genesis AI Assistant
I’ve been a freelance journalist for the last two decades. Over the years, I lost count of the number of articles published on multiple platforms and media outlets.
However, my productivity pales compared to AI chatbots.
Algorithms can access the internet and scan a ton of data in a matter of seconds.
They can go through our social media feeds and see if there’s anything that could pique the public’s interest.
I know I don’t stand a chance against AI productivity or research speed.
Big Tech knows it too.
That’s probably why Google seems so committed to taking the Gen AI world by storm.
The company has recently made its assistive tools available in Gmail and Google Docs. Not to mention, Bard has been around for a while now and was recently launched in Europe.
Updates to Google Bard
Google’s CEO presented Bard on February 6. The chatbot rollout began in the U.S. on March 21, 2023.
It took Google four months to release Bard in Europe, but last week I finally had access to it here in Portugal.
So I’ve started reviewing it, and so far I don’t think it brings anything new to the Gen AI game.
However, Google looks at Bard as “a new form of AI: Augmented Imagination.”
That’s a bold statement.
From what I’ve seen, we need to tread carefully when putting “imagination” and “AI” in the same sentence.
I’ve read here how Google paints Bard in bright colors:
“Curiosity and imagination are the driving forces behind human creativity.”
The next paragraph explains what Google meant by “a new form of AI: Augmented Imagination.”
That’s why we created Bard: to help you explore that curiosity, augment your imagination and ultimately get your ideas off the ground — not just by answering your questions, but by helping you build on…
