Google's DeepMind intends to launch a competitor to Chat GPT

Does Sparrow beat Chat GPT

DeepMind, a subsidiary of the American technology giant Google, announced that it may launch a competitor to the popular chatbot (ChatGPT) soon, and promised that its product would be more secure.

Google's DeepMind intends to launch a competitor to Chat GPT

   

DeepMind has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence research for nearly a decade, and was acquired by Google nine years ago.

The CEO of (DeepMind), Demis Hassabis, revealed to Time magazine that the company is considering launching its own chatbot called (Sparrow), and it is expected to launch a “special beta version” during 2023.

The company unveiled Sparrow last year in a research paper describing it as a "helpful dialogue agent that reduces the risk of unsafe and inappropriate responses."

Given that (DeepMind) is a subsidiary of Google, it seems that its chatbot will be the tech giant's answer to (ChatGPT).

The delay in releasing Sparrow, according to Hassabis, is due to DeepMind making sure it has important features that ChatGPT lacks. Hassabis also stressed the need for caution in such an area.

According to the DeepMind paper, it also appears that Sparrow will initially be more restrained and discreet in providing answers than ChatGPT, which has recently become popular thanks to its amazing ability to help write articles, poems, and code. But it has also caused concern for providing discriminatory answers, and for making it easier to write malware and hack websites.

And (DeepMind) made sure to set rules that restrict the behavior of its chat bot, and this includes making it ready to refuse to answer some problematic questions.

Developing best practices for its smart assistant, the company says, “will require the input of experts in many subjects, such as: policy makers, social scientists, and ethicists, as well as participatory input from a variety of affected users and groups.”

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has similarly spoken of the difficulties in making AI-based chatbots available without causing collateral damage.

He acknowledged on Twitter that “there will be major issues with using OpenAI technology over time,” and Altman promised to do his best, but that doesn't mean all problems will be overcome.