Google is not releasing its AI bot competitor to ChatGPT because of ‘risk’

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google is not releasing its own chatty AI bot because of fears about reputational risk, it has said. The popularity of the system has led many to wonder whether Google would make its own system public, and whether it had missed a chance by doing so. But Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai and Google’s head of AI Jeff Dean said that it had to move “conservatively” because of its size and the “reputational risk” that the app could pose. “We are absolutely looking to get these things out into real products and into things that are more prominently featuring the language model rather than under the covers, which is where we’ve been using them to date,” Mr Dean said.