[jokabrink]

Hah, this isn't surprising: An internal leaked Google document (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322) a couple days ago pretty much pushed the idea. Still interesting to see the action follow so short afterwards.

Three quotes from the document:

- "Owning the Ecosystem: Letting Open Source Work for Us"

- "Google should establish itself a leader in the open source community, taking the lead by cooperating with, rather than ignoring, the broader conversation."

- "Open source alternatives can and will eventually eclipse them [OpenAI] unless they change their stance. In this respect, at least, we can make the first move."

EDIT: Misread "open to use" as "open source" and figured it was behind a signup. Sorry, my fault + maybe wishful thinking.

[halflings]

This seems entirely unrelated to that leaked document? This has nothing to do with open-source, and Google Bard was announced and released in beta way before that document.

[satvikpendem]

But, Bard isn't open source, so I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.

[eclipxe]

I’m failing to see the connection between the linked doc and Bard opening up for more use?