Google hopes 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Google's Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of "trusted testers". [Courtesy of Forbes]

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with "Bard," a conversational service aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft.

Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of "trusted testers" before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai.