Bard seems to use current data whereas Chatgpt stops at 2021. Bard is also significantly faster at returning responses.

I try to glance at both, but because I do that I know that ChatGPT has severe availability problems, whereas Bard so far has not failed for me. And Bard is much faster even though superficially it can seem slower because ChatGPT blurts out the first word more quickly.

It's good to have more competition in the space. An AI space race between Google and OpenAI could be really interesting.

Well right now it's just another website you have to go to with intent to use it like ChatGPT, but if Google built it into search it would get a ton of organic use from people doing things like googling error messages.

I'm not sure if this is what is planned of course, but that would be far more widely used than an otherwise siloed website you have to visit specifically.

Also remember that most people have at least never used ChatGPT, and most probably still haven't heard of it. We live in a tech bubble – none of my family had heard of it a few weeks ago. They all use Google search on a daily basis.

Think of ChatGPT as Breaking Bad and Bard as Better Call Saul.

Why does competition exist ever? I think there are trade offs for everyone to consider before they blindly assume one will be the better option for every use case forever