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Google publishes 137B LaMDA dialogue model

Google researchers published the 137-billion-parameter LaMDA dialogue model and its safety, quality, and groundedness evaluations; the model family later powered the public Bard service.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM42confidence 84/100

Why it moved the index

The original result documented a frontier-scale open-domain dialogue model with concrete safety and groundedness limitations, and the model family later reached public deployment through Bard. This is distinct from the earlier product-family introduction because it records the exact 137B model, primary evaluation, and downstream use.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 42 · confidence 84

    New January 2022 exact-model research result with documented downstream deployment, distinct from the May 2021 LaMDA introduction story.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “Google publishes 137B LaMDA dialogue model” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 42 and confidence 84 out of 100 in the capability gains category.

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