Experts say the increasing number of chatbots offers benefits and problems.

The bot allows more conversational queries than are currently possible with Google search.

or “this isn’t what I’m looking for” to clarify even further.

Someone holding a smartphone with the Google search page open on the screen.

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ChatGPT also cannot directly reach the web, while Google’s Bard is intended for search.

“Search engines are undergoing a similar transformation with conversational AI,” Buteneers added.

And the new chatbot paradigm could even upend how users interact with their computers.

A futuristic image of a the graphical interface a chatbot might use.

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“ChatGPT is just the beginning,” Buteneers said.

Update 02/09/2023: Corrected a source’s title in paragraph 7.