What is the Google Gemini AI Model Formerly Bard? Google Bard vs ChatGPT: Battle of the AI Chatbots Google rival Microsoft, which announced a $10bn investment in OpenAI in January, has been working to integrate AI functions across its products, including the search engine Bing. Alphabet first unveiled Bard, which relies on data from Google Search, in February, when it invited users in the United States and the United Kingdom to test the chatbot. Gemini Advanced looks like a direct challenge to M