Google Bard Adds Images For More Visual Responses

Image support for Google Bard is now rolling out. 9to5Google reports: The latest update (2023.05.23) to Bard will return images (from Google Search) so you can visualize responses when relevant. For example, if you're asking for interesting places to visit, each listing will be accompanied by a picture (e.g., "what are some must-see sights in LA?").

Images appear underneath each bullet point with the site name and favicon appearing in the top-right corner. Tapping opens the link, while hovering over shows the URL with a right-click menu also available. Meanwhile, you can ask for photos directly like any other image search (e.g., "show me pictures of roses").

An AI responding with emojis

[thesjaakspoiler]

An AI lower itself to the level of its users and training itself on that data again.
I'm like, hmmm, what could possible go wrong, dude?
*starts up the Idiocracy DVD once more.

And asking Google Bard about Slashdot...

[LordHighExecutioner]

....will return goatse.cx [wikipedia.org] image ?!?

The images are kind of useless though

[aldousd666]

They're glorified thumbnails and to see them well enough that they're actually useful, you need to click on them, which takes you to the site they appear on. I'd rather they didn't show me any images rather than tease me with clickbaited media

I hope it's easy to switch off if

[Tablizer]

one doesn't want thumbnails. If they force crap down my throat, I'll be tempted to use Bing or Duck.

It is almost time

[Fart Breath]

I applied to a job at the parent company that owns Slashdot but one of its "subsidiaries." -- I am going to bring a ceramic knife and cut the throat of the head honcho whipslash and enough to make the blood gurgling enough to keep HR from being alarmed on what is going on just next door