Google is currently in an odd place

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Insider was told by one person that he believes dating an AI chatbot has been the best thing he's ever done. Another person shared how the same dating site helped her ease anxiety about her attachment style. It's giving her "Be Right Back" from Black Mirror.

Jordan Parker Erb, a former 10 Things in Tech journalist tried ChatGPT to reply to Hinge matches. Then, she had ChatGPT's responses to Tinder matches rated by a dating coach.

The coach cautioned, however: "It is really important to avoid (AI) when it involves dating."

ChatGPT will not be planning my Valentine's Day. Let's get to the tech.

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Google is currently in a strange place. All eyes were on Google after Microsoft announced ChatGPT integration with Bing. It did. It did.

Bard, Google's rival to ChatGPT, will be made available to the general public in the coming weeks. It is currently available only to "trusted testers", and my colleague writes that "trusted", since Google doesn’t trust you, is the key word.
Google has been the most popular search engine for a while. Microsoft has now upgraded Bing with ChatGPT and it is primed to win some of Google's users.
Hasan writes that Google appears to be able only to react to fear in this critical moment.

Google is uncomfortable.

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By: dsiu@insider.com (Diamond Naga Siu)
Title: Google is in a weird place right now
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/google-chatgpt-microsoft-bing-search-ai-twitter-2023-2
Published Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:36:40 +0000

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