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The AI chatbot duel: ChatGPT vs. Google's Bard : The Indicator from Planet Money The quest for dominance in artificial intelligence is taking shape in the tech world with some familiar players. Both Google and Microsoft are spending billions to come out on top of the chatbot arms race. Today, we put ChatGPT and Bard to the test to see which company hosts the superior chatbot.

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Microsoft vs. Google: Whose AI is better?

Microsoft vs. Google: Whose AI is better?

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Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Modern Life, Search, and Devices, speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023.
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Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Modern Life, Search, and Devices, speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023.
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Tech companies see artificial intelligence as critical for dominance in how people search the internet. Google and Microsoft both announced their multi-billion dollar chatbots recently in an effort to get ahead in the growing market. But which is truly superior?

Today, we recount a head-to-head battle between the Microsoft-aligned ChatGPT and Google's Bard. It tested the machines' understanding of mathematics, literature, and love.

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