Oh, Look! Another Middle of the Road AI Company Trying to Be Trendy

Cohere’s Thumbs-Up To Its Fancy-Pants Feature

So Cohere is crowing like a rooster on stilts about its new chatbot API, rolling in what they’re calling Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Apparently, it’s a nifty way to control the blathering of a chatbot. They say as if it’s a breakthrough. Wow, such innovation–if your bar happens to be set at ground level.

Possible Implications: If You’re Into Primitive AI Machines

Assuming you’re into single-celled organisms, this could be exciting. With RAG playing schoolmaster over chatbot responses, we might see a decrease in laughably moronic responses. I hate to break it to you, though, but most chatbots will still make a baked potato appear like Einstein. So don’t anticipate any life-changing advancements.

The Hot Take: Yawn Fest 2021

Let me wrap this up: Cohere thinks they’re the cat’s pajamas because they have a new method to control chatbots better. Hate to break it to you Cohere, but if your plan was to make me quiver with excitement, you’ve failed epically. You might impress your mom with your coding skills, but this kind of tech won’t make the world forget you’re a faceless suit in a massive sea of AI boredom. And, by the way, if your chatbot’s personality is as compelling as this news, I hope it comes with an Existential Crisis Hotline for users to call.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/enterprise-focused-ai-startup-cohere-launches-demo-chatbot-coral-and-chat-api/