Google now permits teenagers to utilize the AI-powered chatbot named “Cool” starting today, Thursday, despite some precautionary measures in place.
The company enables teenagers in many countries worldwide to use the Bard chatbot application, provided they meet the minimum age and accountability criteria.
Teenagers can only use the Bard program if they are proficient in English, with more languages to be added by the company over time.
Google has safety policies in place to help teenagers understand how AI chatbots work and prevent them from accessing unsafe content.
The company disseminates resources, such as short videos providing an overview of generative AI concepts and associated risks, as part of youth education.
Google uses double-verification feature for Bard’s answers by searching in Google when a teenager asks a fact-based question for the first time.
The double-verification feature ensures Bard’s response validity through online content search. Bard effectively advises continuous use of the double-verification feature to help youth develop their knowledge and critical thinking skills.
This initiative aims to raise awareness of the large language models’ ability to generate hallucinations, and Google intends to provide this service to all new Bard users.
Google has trained its Bard program to recognize areas unsuitable for younger users and implemented security features and protections to prevent the display of unsafe content in responses to teenagers, such as illegal materials or content suitable for specific age groups.
The company is adding new useful features specifically for teenagers to the Bard program, which can also be used by any other individual.
Bard now allows users to write mathematical equations to obtain step-by-step explanations and answers, as well as the ability to create charts from mentioned tables or data.
In February, Google announced the launch of the Bard service, now available in over 230 countries and regions. The company has added new features to this service to compete with smart chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft recently changed its brand name to Copilot.
