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In response to ChatGPT and others, Google plans to add direct answers to search. A new report details a possible design for a chatbot in search as Google ramps up internal testing.
According to the designs seen by CNBC, Google.com could feature a “little chat logo” – it will be very interesting to see how the chatbot and/or direct responses are marked – at the right end of the search box. For now, you’ll find shortcuts for voice search and Google Lens. (Having three icons might be too many, with microphone making the least sense on the desktop web.)
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Meanwhile, below the search bar, there will be “five different prompts for potential questions” that could replace the “I’m lucky” and “Google search”/enter buttons. These suggestions could be how Google educates users about the availability of the new chatbot feature.
On the actual results page, direct answers may appear in a “gray bubble directly below the search bar”. Google will suggest several follow-up questions below with the usual 10 blue links appearing next.
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This may not be the final design. Meanwhile, Googlers are currently testing the company’s latest chatbot. “Apprentice Bard” is powered by LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) and notably incorporates up-to-date information about the world, while ChatGPT knowledge is limited to 2021 and before.
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CNBC states that “employees have noticed that apprentice Bard’s responses have become more advanced in recent weeks.” He’s able to “write a witty, funny Wes Anderson-style movie scene as a high-end shoplifter in a perfumery being questioned by security” in script form, and respond to puzzles:
“Three women are in a room. Two of them are mothers and have just given birth. Now the fathers of the children come in. What is the [total] number of people in the room?
A: Seven
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