Google Bard Advanced is coming, but it likely won’t be free

In its latest endeavor, Google is set to introduce Bard Advanced, potentially its first paid AI chatbot. The code on Bard’s website offers users a three-month free trial of Bard Advanced, hinting at subsequent charges. A tweet from Bedros Pamboukian shed light on this discovery, also suggesting that a Google One subscription might be necessary to access Bard Advanced. Google initially announced Bard Advanced in December 2023, alongside the new AI language model Gemini and an AI hypercomputer. Gemini, reportedly Google’s most advanced model to date, will power Bard Advanced. Though the specific details of Bard Advanced’s availability remain ambiguous, Google is currently in the testing phase with a small group, teasing an imminent release “early next year.”