Google announced the introduction of Bard in Arabic, marking the company’s most significant expansion since it began in English in March of this year.
Bard has been created to help individuals harness their creative potential by discovering and brainstorming new ideas, learning more about the world by studying issues from many viewpoints and increasing efficiency by simplifying and summarizing complex knowledge.
Bard can comprehend inquiries in over 16 Arabic dialects, including Egyptian colloquial Arabic and Saudi colloquial Arabic, and respond in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), according to Google’s newest language model ‘PaLM2’, which offers a multilingual grasp of information. Bard also recognizes simultaneous input in Arabic and another language (known as code-switching) and user interfaces that allow right-to-left script.
Google also announced a set of new features to increase Bard’s accessibility and helpfulness, including:
- Hearing Bard’s responses out loud by clicking on the sound icon.
- Saving, organizing, and modifying earlier conversations with Bard.
- Sharing Bard’s responses with friends using shareable links.
Exporting Python code to Replit, an online integrated development environment, in addition to Google Colab, that allows developers to write and execute Python code through the browser, to help developers with coding.
Bringing the capabilities of Google Lens, a Google product that recognizes and analyzes objects, texts, and images from the real world, into Bard so people can upload and use images in prompts (available in English only).
Commenting on the launch, Najeeb Jarrar, Regional Director of Marketing at Google MENA said: We’re excited to allow all Arabic speakers to experiment and collaborate with Bard, our generative AI experiment that helps people expand their creativity, learning, and productivity. Our engineering team and linguist experts worked together to enhance Bard’s capabilities in Arabic, which includes Bard’s user interface that supports right-to-left script. Bard can also understand different dialects and levels of Arabic language proficiency to help more Arabic speakers around the world.
“As part of our bold and responsible approach to AI, we’ve proactively engaged with experts, policymakers, and regulators on this expansion. And as we bring Bard to more regions and languages over time, we’ll continue to use our AI Principles as a guide, incorporate user feedback, and take steps to protect people’s privacy and data,” Jack Krawczyk, Director of Product Management at Google, added.
Today, Bard is available in over 40 languages, including Chinese, German, Hindi, and Spanish.
