Google Bard AI assistant gets smarter with app integrations and fact-checking features

Google has rolled out significant updates to its AI assistant, Google Bard, enhancing its capabilities and addressing some of its limitations. One notable addition is the "double-check button," aimed at countering inaccuracies or "hallucinations" in Bard's responses. When users click on a small "G" logo below Bard's results, the assistant searches the web to validate its statements.

The updates also introduce Bard Extensions, opt-in features that allow the assistant to pull data from Google's other services like Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Maps. For instance, Bard can read through your emails to pull dates for planning a trip or summarize a resume stored in Google Drive.

Addressing privacy concerns, Google assures that content from these services will not be viewed by human reviewers and will not be used for ads. While experts and tests suggest that Google Bard may be less capable than OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, Google's ability to integrate its vast array of apps gives it a unique edge.

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