Google asks staff to test new chatbot features that write and fix code as it races against ChatGPT

• Google is rolling out new coding features to an internal version of its Bard AI chatbot.
• Staff can ask Bard to generate, fix, and explain code.
• Some of the features appear to be rolling out publicly, too.

Google is asking staff to test new coding features for its chatbot Bard as it prepares to make the features publicly available, according to an internal email sent Friday.