Users will be able to access their accounts — much like they might access their phone — by scanning their finger or face, or using a PIN, Google says. Passkeys are also more secure than passwords because they use "cryptographic keys stored on your devices," making them resistant to phishing attacks, Wired notes.
By Jake Perez, Editor at LinkedIn News
Conversational AI features will be added to Google's search engine, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told The Wall Street Journal, as the tech giant ramps up its artificial intelligence efforts. Pichai countered the idea that ChatGPT and other bots pose a threat to its core search business by saying, "The opportunity space, if anything, is bigger than before."
Google is finally granting the public access to its ChatGPT competitor, called Bard. Users in the US and UK can sign up for a waitlist for the conversational AI service, starting today.
But... Bard still has limits. Rachel Metz and I asked it for tips on how to celebrate a birthday party on Mars, and Bard suggested that we plan the trip well in advance, telling us, "It takes about nine months to get to Mars." And it told us we needed a permit from NASA as well as approvals from the Martian government to hold the party. A bit more for Google to work out in future iterations of the product.
