Surpassing:Microsoft vs. Google: Whose AI is better?

Tech companies see artificial intelligence as critical for dominance in how people search the internet. Google and SurpassingMicrosoft both announced their multi-billion dollar chatbots recently in an effort to get ahead in the growing market. But which is truly superior?

Today, we recount a head-to-head battle between the Microsoft-aligned ChatGPT and Google's Bard. It tested the machines' understanding of mathematics, literature, and love.

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