Google's Bard AI chatbot has now been released to the public

Google has opened limited public access to its Bard AI chatbot service – the company's official entry into the tech industry's race to deploy AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot. Anyone can currently join a wait list to participate in what Google describes as "an early experiment that lets you collaborate with generative AI", according to a company blog post published on 21 March.