Google appears to have concerns about developments to its own chatbot despite the fact that it continues to be a chief developer of artificial intelligence.
Reuters reported on Thursday that the Big Tech giant has warned its own employees against entering confidential information into AI chatbots due to apparent privacy concerns about what chatbots will do with the information.
Google told Reuters that Bard, the chatbot the company created to rival ChatGPT, can sometimes make “undesired code suggestions.” The company also said that it wants to be transparent about the limitations of its AI programs, according to Reuters.
The outlet t noted a June 1 Google privacy update that reportedly states: "Don’t include confidential or sensitive information in your Bard conversations." Microsoft Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi claimed Google’s warning “makes sense.”
It appears privacy has been an ongoing concern. Google reportedly told Reuters that it is having frequent conversations with Ireland's Data Protection Commission after Politico reported earlier in the week that Bard's launch in the European Union has been paused over privacy concerns.
Despite these concerns, Google continues to develop Bard in more than 180 countries and in 40 different languages with no apparent intention of slowing down development, Reuters reported.
Google executives have expressed concerns about AI before. But the company’s rush to develop new programs is just the opposite of what Google CEO Sundar Pichai called for a few months ago.
MRC Free Speech America reported that in a 60 Minutes interview, Pichai claimed to be concerned about what he called “race conditions” that cause a situation “where people working on [AI] across companies get so caught up in who’s first that we lose, you know, potential pitfalls and downsides to it.”
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