Google Assistant is a virtual assistant software application powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and language processing software similar to Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa. Recently, Google has revealed its intention to introduce a paid version of the AI ​​assistant Bard in the near future.

The new version (Bard Advanced) is Google's response to the increasingly fierce competition among AI assistants, especially ChatGPT, and has now introduced a paid subscription feature. Bard Advanced is expected to be available to Google One users for a 3-month trial period, after which users will have to pay a monthly renewal fee.

Google has yet to provide details on the specific fee, as well as the official launch date of Bard Advanced, but experts predict that it will be introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, taking place from January 9-12, 2024 in Las Vegas (USA).

However, according to 9to5google.com, one of the users accidentally discovered the first features of Bard Advanced. The user named Dylan Roussel managed to unlock the Bard Advanced interface through the linked website and shared his findings on the social network X.

Bard Advanced offers the ability to create your own chatbot, although it's unclear how it works or what it can actually do, says Dylan Roussel. However, similar to ChatGPT, Bard Advanced allows users to easily create their own chatbots without requiring complex programming knowledge.

A feature called ‘Gallery’ can provide a curated set of AI input suggestions, aimed at inspiring users to create new apps.

Another feature of Bard Advanced is 'Tasks', which will likely include open tasks that the AI ​​is performing, and a sharing feature, which allows Bard requests to be shared via public links and image support.

Another feature called 'Power Up', will function to help users improve their suggestions in Bard.

In December 2023, Google announced the launch of its Gemini multimodal AI model. The Gemini Nano version is designed to run on Android devices, Gemini Pro will serve many Google services, and Gemini Ultra will be designed for data centers and enterprise applications.

(according to Habr)

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