How to sign up for Google Bard and try the ChatGPT alternative for yourself

Here’s how to use Google’s ChatGPT rival

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Googlehas finally launched Bard, its rival toMicrosoft’sChatGPT-powered Bing Chat.

These AI tools are really nifty assistants, offering you a more dynamic way to search for answers to your queries than typical search engines. Rather than giving one input, you can converse with the AI to refine its results to find better answers to what you’re looking for.

Unfortunately, you can’t just jump in and useGoogle Bard– it’s currently in beta and you’ll have to join the waiting list and hope Google gives you access. So here’s how to sign up for Google Bard so you can try it out for yourself.

Want to tryBing Chattoo? Check out our guide onhow to get access to Microsoft’s Bing chatbot.

Need to create a Google account? Here’s a link toGoogle’s sign-up page.

Early thoughts

So far our tests with Google Bard suggest it’s not quite as comprehensive as Microsoft’sChatGPT-poweredBingChat. Bard’s answers feel more basic, and it doesn’t automatically link to sources or web pages that can provide you with follow-up info about your questions.

Bard also seems less inclined to work for you. Bing Chat andMicrosoft 365 Copilotfeel like they’re being pushed as productivity-focused tools. They can provide prompts to inspire you, or just do parts of your job for you like replying to emails, summarizing meeting notes, and writing speeches. Google Bard seems a lot more inclined to simply offer prompts and suggestions of steps you could take to complete a certain project.

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That said, this more hands-off approach is by no means a bad thing. We’ve found ChatGPT and even the best ChatGPT alternatives aren’t always the most reliable productivity tools – they can waffle on with keyword soup about some topics rather than producing anything useful.

You also won’t be able to produce images with Google Bard, whereas you can create AI art viaBing Chat’s new Dall-E integration.

Alternatively, you can grab anAmazonOmni TV and wait for it to receive itsAlexa-powered AI art generation toolthat’s set to launch in the coming year.

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