Google named its AI Chatbot 'Bard' in its experimental phase, but it seems to remain. AI chatbots have their names, and this is because they are meant to be something people can talk to and ask to do their work for them, with Google known for its tech that it calls "Bard.
The Google Bard is free just like ChatGPT but since Google has dozens of tools like Search, Workspace and more, it offers features that the latter lacks