Google CEO says its ChatGPT rival coming soon as a ‘companion’ to search

Users will soon be able to use language models ‘as a companion to search’, Pichai said. — AFP

Alphabet Inc chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said Google will make artificial intelligence-based large language models like LaMDA available “in the coming weeks and months”.

Users will soon be able to use language models “as a companion to search,” Pichai said on a conference call following the Internet search giant’s fourth-quarter earnings report on Thursday.