Guide: Using Google

A Guide for Using Bard.google.com

Source: Google Updates with examples of prompts

Bard is now Gemini

• What: Gemini is the best way to get direct access to Google AI. All the collaborative capabilities you know and love are still here, and will keep getting better in the Gemini era. We’ve also evolved the UI to reduce visual distractions, improve legibility, and simplify the navigation.  
• We’ve renamed Bard to Gemini.

Chat to supercharge your ideas in the Gemini app

• What: Get help learning in new ways, writing thank you notes, planning events, and more with Google AI on your phone. Gemini is integrated with Google apps like Gmail, Maps, and YouTube, making it easy to get things done on your phone. You can interact with it through text, voice or images.

  To chat with Gemini on Android, download the Gemini app in the Google Play Store. On iOS, try Gemini in the Google app.

Create images with Bard

• What: You can create captivating images for work, play, and anything in between with Bard. It’s easy to use - simply enter a few words to bring your imagination to life, starting with English prompts. Click ‘Generate more’ for more options and download the ones you like. Learn more Opens in a new window .
• Why: Sometimes you might have a picture in mind and now you can easily bring that to life. Create totally unique images in seconds without having to learn complex software.

Double-check coming to more languages

• What: Double-check is now available for Bard responses in most supported languages Opens in a new window .

Expanding Bard’s understanding of YouTube videos

• What: We're taking the first steps in Bard's ability to understand YouTube videos. For example, if you’re looking for videos on how to make olive oil cake, you can now also ask how many eggs the recipe in the first video requires.

Bard is available for more age groups

• What: Bard is expanding access to teens in most countries around the world, starting with English. We’ve added age-appropriate protections, updated onboarding for teens, and developed experiences geared to empower exploration and learning with Bard. Want to learn more about generative AI and its abilities and limitations? Learn about generative AI Opens in a new window .
• Why: We believe Bard can be a helpful tool for teens when they need a little extra inspiration and motivation on their ideas, hobbies, and plans, or when they want to better understand topics quickly in a style that works for them. Whether it's learning homework concepts or getting support through big milestones like applying to their first job or preparing for college, Bard can help.

Get help with math equations on Bard

• What: Getting stuck on that math equation? Starting with English, Bard can give you step-by-step explanations to the problem, so you can solve similar ones in the future. Just ask Bard, or take a photo of the question and upload it.
• Why: To learn math effectively, it is important to deeply understand the concept and to practice often. Bard helps you understand and practice new math concepts by giving you not only the solution, but by showing you how to approach solving each one of them.

Bard helps you visualize data

• What: Starting with English, Bard can generate charts from data you include in your prompts or from tables that Bard generates during your conversations.
• Why: Charts provide a visual way to understand data that you’re interested in learning more about.

Bard’s responses can now appear in real time

• What: We’re launching a new setting that lets Bard’s responses show while in progress, so you don’t have to wait for the full response to appear.
• Why: Bard is here to accelerate your creative process. Now you can start reading responses while they’re still generating, so you can stay in the creative flow and iterate on your ideas faster.

Bard can now summarize more of your emails

• What: When you use the Workspace Extension, Bard can now summarize more emails at a time. It can also better understand when you ask for recent emails.
• Why: We are taking a small step to improve quality and make the Workspace Extension more useful by summarizing more of your emails. Sometimes you just need an update, so we’re improving the way Bard can understand when you need the latest emails.

Your shared conversations now support uploaded images

• What: When you share a conversation that has an image as part of the prompt, the image will now also be visible.
• Why: Adding an image to your prompt can take your creativity to new heights. Now that others can see the image you used in your prompt, they will be able to better appreciate your creative process and continue the conversation with Bard in their own way.

Bard can now access helpful information from Google apps and services

• What: Starting in English, Bard can now retrieve and help you work with real time info from Maps, YouTube, Hotels and Flights. You can pull together what you need across information sources and bring ideas to life easier and faster. These extensions are enabled by default, and you can disable them any time.
• Why: Just about everything we do in life involves a bit of gathering information and planning. Bard makes it easy to work together across even more sources, so you can keep your ideas moving forward.

Double-check Bard’s responses with Google It v2

• What: With the power of Google Search, the [G] button can help you double-check Bard’s AI-generated responses. Starting with English, when a statement can be evaluated, you’ll see it highlighted in Bard’s response and can click to learn more.
  
  Note: The links provided are content found by Search and do not imply these sources informed Bard’s initial response.
• Why: People are using AI tools to more easily understand complex topics in new ways. As you continue your learning journeys with Bard, it’s important that you feel more confident in the information generated with AI.

Build off of conversations shared with you

• What: When someone shares a Bard conversation with you through Bard’s public link sharing feature, you can continue that conversation in your account and build off of what they started.
• Why: Creativity is often inspired by the work of others, and the more ideas we have to work with, the more likely we are to come up with something truly innovative. That’s why we’re making it easier for you to use conversations shared by others as a starting point for your own creative explorations.

More features are available in all supported languages

• What: You can upload images with Google Lens, get Google Search images in responses, and modify Bard’s responses to be simpler, longer, shorter, more professional or more casual in all supported languages.
• Why: Having the option to modify responses to better meet your needs gives you more control over your creative process. Using images as part of prompts unlocks a new level of creativity, and having images as part of responses can help bring ideas to life.

Google Lens in Bard

• What: You can upload images alongside text in your conversations with Bard, allowing you to boost your imagination and creativity in completely new ways. To make this happen, we’re bringing the power of Google Lens into Bard, starting with English.
• Why: Images are a fundamental part of how we put our imaginations to work, so we’ve added Google Lens to Bard. Whether you want more information about an image or need inspiration for a funny caption, you now have even more ways to explore and create with Bard.

Bard can read responses out loud

• What: We’re adding text-to-speech capabilities to Bard in over 40 languages, including Hindi, Spanish, and US English.
• Why: Sometimes hearing something aloud helps you bring an idea to life in new ways beyond reading it. Listen to responses and see what it helps you imagine and create!

Pinned & Recent Threads

• What: You can now pick up where you left off with your past Bard conversations and organize them according to your needs. We’ve added the ability to pin conversations, rename them, and have multiple conversations going at once.
• Why: The best ideas take time, sometimes multiple hours or days to create. Keep your threads and pin your most critical threads to keep your creative process flowing.

Share your Bard conversations with others

• What: We’ve made it easier to share part or all of your Bard chat with others. Shareable links make seeing your chat and any sources just a click away so others can seamlessly view what you created with Bard.
• Why: It’s hard to hold back a new idea sometimes. We wanted to make it easier for you to share your creations to inspire others, unlock your creativity, and show your collaboration process.

Modify Bard’s responses

• What: We’re introducing 5 new options to help you modify Bard’s responses. Just tap to make the response simpler, longer, shorter, more professional, or more casual.
• Why: When a response is close enough but needs a tweak, we’re making it easier to get you closer to your desired creation.

Export Bard-generated tables to Google Sheets

• What: When Bard generates tables, you can now export them right into Google Sheets.
• Why: Continue your creative explorations wherever you need by moving Bard responses into more of your favorite apps.

Bringing images to Bard

• What: Starting with English responses, Bard can now bring in images from Google Search, so you can get helpful responses with visuals. You can also ask Bard for images directly. Bard will show a source for each image.
• Why: Images can help you communicate your ideas more effectively. They can bring concepts to life, make recommendations more persuasive, and enhance responses when you ask for visual information.

More concise summaries

• What: We’ve updated Bard with better summarization capabilities by incorporating advances we’ve developed in our large language models.
• Why: We’re making Bard better at summarizing information, which is especially helpful when you want to get the gist of a topic quickly. Bard won’t always get it right, but will keep improving with your feedback.

Making sources more useful

• What: Bard can now help you identify which parts of a response match a source. For the responses with sources, you’ll 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.
• Why: We want to make it easier for you to understand which parts of a response match a source and provide you with source links in line with the text.

Export to Google Docs & Gmail

• What: We've added new one-click options to export content generated by Bard, including formatting, directly into Google Docs and Gmail.
• Why: We want to speed up and simplify your workflow by giving you a way to export Bard’s responses and edit them directly in these Google Workspace apps.

Read more comfortably in dim light

• What: We’ve launched Dark theme on Bard, giving you the ability to easily switch Bard’s appearance between a light background with dark text to a dark background with light text.
• Why: Dark theme can make using Bard easier on your eyes in dim light.

Access for Google Workspace accounts

• What: Google Workspace admins can now enable Bard for their domains, allowing their users to access Bard using their Workspace accounts.
• Why: You can now use Bard to help with work, research, or other business needs, when signed into your administrator-enabled Google Workspace account.

Adding more variety to drafts

• What: When you view other drafts, you’ll now see a wider range of options that are more distinct from each other.
• Why: A wider range of more distinct drafts can help expand your creative explorations.

Experiment updates page

• What: We’ve launched an Experiment updates page to post the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes for the Bard experiment.
• Why: So that people will have an easy place to see the latest Bard updates for them to test and provide feedback.

There’s more when you click “Google it”

• What: We’ve added additional suggested Search topics when people click “Google it.”
• Why: People will be able to explore a broader range of interests with more related topics.

Updates to Bard’s capabilities

• What: We've updated Bard with better capabilities for math and logic.
• Why: Bard doesn’t always get it right on math and logic prompts and we are working toward higher-quality responses in these areas.

Example Prompts

Creative Writing:

1. Write a children's story about a brave squirrel who saves the forest from a greedy developer.
2. Compose a poem in the style of Edgar Allan Poe about a haunted lighthouse.
3. Create a script for a sitcom episode set in a space station cafeteria.
4. Design a song in the genre of your choice about the joys and struggles of artificial intelligence.
5. Imagine a world where emotions are illegal. Write a short story about someone who rebels against this law.

Informative/Analytical:

6. Explain the history of the universe in 100 words.
7. Compare and contrast the political systems of China and the United States.
8. Analyze the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats and discuss its use of symbolism.
9. Describe the scientific process behind climate change and its potential consequences.
10. Write a report on the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on society.

Interactive/Humorous:

11. Pretend you are a travel agent for aliens visiting Earth. Recommend three must-see destinations.
12. Craft a series of witty tweets from the perspective of a famous historical figure.
13. Create a choose-your-own-adventure story where the reader decides the fate of a superhero.
14. Write a funny email from a dog to its human owner.
15. Imagine you are a fortune cookie. Give someone a cryptic and humorous message about their future.

Challenging/Creative:

16. Develop a new programming language and explain its key features.
17. Design a blueprint for a sustainable city of the future.
18. Invent a new board game with unique rules and mechanics.
19. Compose a piece of music using only non-traditional instruments like spoons or water glasses.
20. Translate a famous poem into a completely different language, while preserving its meaning and rhyme scheme.

Miscellaneous:

21. Write a limerick about a grumpy dragon who loves tea parties.
22. Create a list of 10 things you wish you could tell your younger self.
23. Describe a perfect day in your ideal world.
24. Imagine you could have one superpower. What would it be and why?
25. Write a letter to your future self, reflecting on your hopes and dreams.

Bonus Prompts:

26. Ask the model to predict the winning numbers for the next lottery. (Remember, this is for entertainment purposes only.)
27. Challenge the model to write a story that breaks its own internal rules.
28. Give the model incomplete information and ask it to fill in the blanks in a logical way.
29. Ask the model to explain a complex scientific concept in simple terms.
30. Challenge the model to write something that is both true and surprising.

60 Prompts for Large Language Models:

Creative Writing:

1. Write a children's book about a talking animal who travels the world.
2. Compose a poem in the style of Edgar Allan Poe about a haunted library.
3. Craft a news article from the future reporting on a major scientific breakthrough.
4. Design a script for a short film with a surprise ending.
5. Develop a song lyric in the style of your favorite artist about a current event.

Storytelling:

6. Continue the following story: "The astronaut woke up to find the spaceship silent and deserted..."
7. Invent a fable with a moral lesson about the importance of teamwork.
8. Describe a dream you had last night in vivid detail.
9. Imagine a dialogue between two historical figures discussing a modern issue.
10. Create a flash fiction story inspired by a random object you see around you.

Worldbuilding:

11. Design a fantastical creature with unique abilities and weaknesses.
12. Craft a detailed map of a fictional city with hidden secrets and lore.
13. Describe the political landscape of a dystopian future society.
14. Imagine a new invention that will change the world in the next decade.
15. Develop a set of cultural traditions and beliefs for a fictional alien race.

Problem-Solving:

16. Write a persuasive essay arguing for a solution to a current global problem.
17. Design a marketing campaign for a new product or service.
18. Generate a business plan for a startup company.
19. Create a step-by-step guide to completing a complex task.
20. Develop a troubleshooting guide for a common technical issue.

Information & Research:

21. Summarize the key points of a scientific research paper in layman's terms.
22. Provide a historical overview of a specific event or time period.
23. Write a biography of a famous person from their unique perspective.
24. Explain a complex scientific concept in a clear and concise way.
25. Compare and contrast two different philosophical ideas.

Fun & Games:

26. Write a limerick about a funny situation.
27. Compose a riddle with a clever solution.
28. Create a knock-knock joke based on a current event.
29. Design a board game with unique mechanics and objectives.
30. Generate a list of fun facts that are completely made up.

Code & Programming:

31. Write a Python script to automate a simple task.
32. Generate HTML code for a basic website with specific features.
33. Create a SQL query to extract data from a database.
34. Describe the logic behind a popular video game mechanic.
35. Compose a piece of music using algorithmic composition techniques.

Self-Reflection & Philosophy:

36. Write a letter to your future self offering advice.
37. Describe your personal philosophy on life and its meaning.
38. Explore the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
39. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of living in a globalized world.
40. Reflect on your greatest fears and how you would overcome them.

Meta-Prompts:

41. Write a prompt for another large language model to generate a specific output.
42. Explain your own capabilities and limitations as a language model.
43. Describe the process of how you generate text and learn from new information.
44. Discuss the ethical considerations of using large language models.
45. Reflect on the potential impact of language models on society.

Bonus Prompts:

46. Translate a popular song into a different language while preserving its meaning.
47. Write a fictional news article reporting on your release as a sentient AI.
48. Compose a haiku inspired by a beautiful natural phenomenon.
49. Invent a new slang term and explain its meaning and context.
50. Design a personalized emoji that represents your unique personality.

Bonus Inspiration:

51. Use a random word generator to spark a creative writing prompt.
52. Draw inspiration from a piece of art, music, or film.
53. Challenge yourself to use specific writing styles or genres.
54. Collaborate with another person to brainstorm ideas and prompts.
55. Reflect on your personal experiences and interests for unique inspiration.

 By Subject:

• Nature: A hidden waterfall shrouded in mist, a majestic mountain under a starry sky, a vibrant coral reef teeming with life.
• People: A portrait of a woman with flowing hair and piercing eyes, a child lost in imagination, a robot contemplating its existence.
• Animals: A majestic lion gazing at the sunset, a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower, a mischievous cat hiding in a box.
• Objects: A vintage camera overflowing with memories, a worn-out book filled with fantastical stories, a spaceship exploring the vastness of space.
• Abstract: A swirl of colors representing freedom, a geometric pattern symbolizing growth, a chaotic landscape mirroring human emotions.

By Style:

• Classic Art: A Van Gogh-inspired landscape, a Renaissance-style portrait, a pointillist still life.
• Modern Art: A pop art portrait with bold colors, a surreal landscape melting and morphing, an abstract expressionist canvas exploding with emotion.
• Sci-Fi/Fantasy: A cyberpunk cityscape, a dragon soaring through a nebula, a portal opening to another dimension.
• Cartoon/Anime: A whimsical scene from a children's book, a powerful superhero in action, a chibi character exploring a vibrant world.
• Pixel Art: A retro video game character, a nostalgic scene from the 80s, a colorful pixelated landscape.

By Additional Details:

• Mood: A peaceful landscape bathed in the warm glow of sunset, a dark and mysterious forest, a vibrant scene bursting with joy.
• Composition: A symmetrical portrait, a dramatic Dutch angle shot, a close-up focus on a single detail.
• Colors: A monochromatic palette with subtle shades, a neon explosion of vibrant hues, a pastel scene evoking calmness.
• Storytelling: A scene depicting a specific narrative, a character with a hidden story, an object with a past.
• Combining Concepts: A robot riding a horse, a city built on the back of a giant creature, a dreamlike scene defying the laws of physics.

Bonus:

• Use specific artists or historical figures as inspiration.
• Combine real-world objects with fantastical elements.
• Explore emotions and abstract concepts like peace, fear, or hope.
• Play with scale and perspective.
• Get creative and combine different prompts for unique results.

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AI Art Generation

 Generate a picture of an old car driven by a monkey playing a guitar while eating a banana 

Generate a picture of an elephant drinking a coke 

Themes and Styles:

1. Abstract: A vibrant kaleidoscope of emotions in the style of Jackson Pollock.
2. Futuristic: A bustling underwater metropolis lit by bioluminescent creatures.
3. Steampunk: A clockwork dragon soaring through a smoky Victorian sky.
4. Mythical: A majestic griffin perched on a moonlit mountain peak.
5. Nostalgia: A faded polaroid snapshot of a childhood memory.
6. Minimalist: A single brushstroke capturing the essence of a person's life.
7. Pop Art: A bold portrait of a historical figure reimagined with neon colors.
8. Impressionist: A sun-drenched garden painted with loose brushstrokes.
9. Expressionist: A distorted cityscape reflecting the anxiety of modern life.
10. Surreal: A melting clock draped over a deserted chessboard.

Subjects and Scenes:

11. Portrait: A self-portrait of a robot dreaming of becoming human.
12. Still Life: A forgotten teacup overflowing with blooming flowers.
13. Landscape: An alien planet bathed in the light of two suns.
14. Animal: A majestic lioness silhouetted against a fiery sunset.
15. Architecture: A crumbling ancient temple overgrown with vines.
16. Sci-Fi: A lone astronaut exploring the wreckage of a spaceship.
17. Fantasy: A hidden portal leading to a world of magic and wonder.
18. Historical: A detailed scene of a pivotal moment in history.
19. Underwater: A bioluminescent dance of marine life in the deep ocean.
20. Outer Space: A nebula composed of swirling colors and celestial bodies.

Creative Concepts:

21. Synesthesia: Translate a piece of music into a visual artwork.
22. Dreamscape: Capture the beauty and strangeness of a vivid dream.
23. Personification: Give human qualities to an inanimate object.
24. Impossible Perspective: Challenge the laws of physics with warped angles.
25. Optical Illusion: Play with the viewer's perception of depth and form.
26. Hidden Message: Encode a secret message within the artwork.
27. Interactive: Create an artwork that changes with viewer interaction.
28. Fractals: Explore the intricate patterns of mathematical infinity.
29. Mashup: Combine two seemingly unrelated styles or subjects.
30. Emotional Response: Aim to evoke a specific feeling in the viewer.

Bonus: Add specific details like color palettes, lighting effects, or brushstrokes to further refine your prompt. Most importantly, have fun and experiment!