Google trials its own AI chatbot Bard after success of ChatGPT

Technology will be added to Google's search engine after explosion in use of rival backed by Microsoft

Google is releasing its own artificial intelligence chatbot, called Bard, as it responds to the huge success of the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.

The company is also adding the technology behind Bard to the Google search engine to enable complex queries - such as whether the guitar or piano is easier to learn - to be distilled into digestible answers.