{"id":9481,"date":"2023-05-15T21:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/google-bard-adds-genuine-citations-in-responses-and-more-concise-summaries\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T21:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:55:35","slug":"google-bard-adds-genuine-citations-in-responses-and-more-concise-summaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/google-bard-adds-genuine-citations-in-responses-and-more-concise-summaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Bard adds genuine citations in responses and more concise summaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Bard has added classic and more genuine citations to the answers it provides and also is able to provide better summarization.  We do not yet see these improvements and enhancements live yet but Jack Krawczyk from Google shared some examples on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackK\/status\/1658222792150749192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Citations improved. <\/strong>Google Bard now shows sources with numbers, like true citations, next to the responses. You can click on the numbers to see the source for that information. \u201cBard can now help you identify which parts of a response match a source. For the responses with sources, you\u2019ll see numbers alongside the response. By clicking on the numbers you will now be able to identify the section of the text that matches the source and easily navigate to it.,\u201d Google posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bard.google.com\/updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bard changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a screenshot from Jack Krawczyk showing the numbers on the left side, with a \u201clearn more\u201d linked below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concise summaries. <\/strong>Google also updated Bard with more advancements to its large language models to get better at providing better summarizations for answers. \u201d\u00a0Bard is \u201cbetter at summarizing information, which is especially helpful when you want to get the gist of a topic quickly,\u201d they posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bard.google.com\/updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bard changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a screenshot from Jack Krawczyk showing the summary:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>Citations and <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-explains-why-bard-rarely-lists-citations-and-links-to-content-creators-394635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">links to sources are a big concern for publishers<\/a> and the overall web ecosystem. Google is trying to address some of that with this update to offer more links in the Google Bard responses.  Also, better summarizations with improvements to the LLMs Google has is useful and exciting to see, especially over time.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-bard-adds-genuine-citations-in-responses-and-more-concise-summaries-423143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Bard adds genuine citations in responses and more concise summaries<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search Engine Land<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Bard has added classic and more genuine citations to the answers it provides and also is able to provide better summarization. We do not yet see these improvements and enhancements live yet but Jack Krawczyk from Google shared some examples on Twitter. Citations improved. Google Bard now shows sources with numbers, like true citations, next to the responses. You can click on the numbers to see the source for that information. \u201cBard can now help you identify which parts of a response match a source. 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