Google Dismisses Report Claiming its Bard AI Used Data from ChatGPT

Google has denied that its new Bard AI, which is currently available in limited preview in the US has been trained with data from OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Yesterday, The Information reported that Jacob Devlin, a Google AI researcher had quit the company after warning CEO Sundar Pichai and other top executives that the Bard team “appeared to be relying on information from ShareGPT,” a website where ChatGPT users can share their conversations with the chatbot.

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According to The Information, “some Google employees felt the use of such logs would have violated OpenAI’s terms of service.” The publication also reports that Devlin joined OpenAI immediately after leaving Google and that Google has since stopped using data from ChatGPT, according to one source.

In a statement shared with The Verge, Google spokesperson Chris Pappas said that “Bard is not trained on any data from ShareGPT or ChatGPT.” Google certainly doesn’t need the bad PR right now as a failed Bard demo previously caused Google shares to drop $100 billion in a day.... (Read more)

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