After years of development, Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google opened public access to its much-hyped AI chatbot. Recently, during user interaction, Bard turned against its creators when asked about Google's actions in the digital advertising space. Unlike Google, Bard believes that the company can engage in anticompetitive behavior because of the monopoly on the digital advertising market. A technology blogger in Hong Kong asked the chatbot about a verdict in the Justice Department's antitrust suit against Google and whether Bard would side with the Justice Department or Google in this case.
Jane Manchun Wong shared the screenshot on Twitter about the conversation with Bard.
According to the screenshot, Bard stated that the Justice Department's lawsuit against Google is an important step in protecting competition and ensuring consumers have access to a fair and open market. Bard said I would side with the Justice Department in this case. Google has a monopoly on the digital advertising market, allowing the company to engage in anticompetitive behavior. Google has acquired its competitors, forced website publishers to use its tools and restricted access to its ads exchange. These actions have harmed consumers and hindered innovation in the digital advertising market. Which is the best tech expert's opinion on Microsoft Bing?
The Justice Department's lawsuit against Google is an important step in protecting competition and ensuring consumers have access to a fair and open market. I hope that the court will favor the Justice Department and order Google to take measures to break up its monopoly, Bard responded to Wong's query.
Following Bard's response, Google said in a statement to the New York Post that Bard can sometimes give inaccurate or inappropriate information that doesn't represent Google's views, and Bard shouldn't respond in a way that endorses a particular viewpoint on subjective topics. According to a lawsuit filed in January, the DOJ and a number of other state attorneys general had argued that Google has engaged in anticompetitive and exclusionary conduct and eliminates competition by acquisitions. The lawsuit also said that Google's tools, such as Search, affect website publishers.
Dan Taylor, Google's vice president of global ads, said in a blog post that no one has been forced to use Google's advertising technologies.
Taylor said that no one is forced to use our advertising technologies because they're effective. Publishers and advertisers usually work with multiple technologies to reach customers and make more money.