Tomorrow Google Bard arrives for kids, and he thinks twice before giving an answer
The struggle between companies to offer the best generative AI is not fought only in terms of functionality, but also in the possibility of reporting more answers precise And safe.
That’s what he’s doing Google with the chatbot Bard, which after a late start is gradually gaining ground with i competing products.
In the last update on its blog, GrandeG has in fact announced access to Bard for users teenagers (over fourteen years old), not just to help them find inspiration, discover new ones hobby or find answers, but also with a series of measures dedicated to safety.
According to Google, Bard can be one learning tool important for young people, to discover concepts and even learn the mathematics. All you have to do is upload a photo of a mathematical equation or function and Bard will explain step-by-step how solve it.
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But not only. The chatbot can also create graphs from a series of data entered into the prompt.
However, we were talking about safety, a fundamental aspect to allow its use by young people. There solution, which will be available from Thursday in most countries around the world (including Italy), but only in English, in fact, it is equipped with a series of features to “prevent unsafe content, such as illegal or age-related substances, from appearing in your replies“.
Also when a teenager does a request based on facts, Google performs what is called a response to double check That “helps evaluate whether there is content on the web to substantiate Bard’s response“. Bard will also actively and continually recommend using double-checking for “help teens develop information literacy and critical thinking skills“.
This initiative aims to to raise awareness of how large language models (LLMs) can hallucinate, that is, giving answers that have no relevance to reality, and Google plans to bring it to everyone new users of Bard.
Furthermore, Google is developing a series of solutions on measure, a guide on how Activity is used in Bard (with the ability to turn certain features on or off) and tips on how to use generative AI in responsible way.
As we said, this initiative will be active from Tomorrow, but only in language English, and Google plans to extend it to more languages in the future.
