At I/O 2023, Google Assistant was an afterthought, superseded by Bard, a notable omission after Assistant took center stage at multiple previous I/O keynotes (Khari Johnson/Wired)

Khari Johnson / Wired:
At I/O 2023, Google Assistant was an afterthought, superseded by Bard, a notable omission after Assistant took center stage at multiple previous I/O keynotes  —  Google's generative AI chatbot Bard took center stage at the company's I/O conference.  The company's answer to Siri was left backstage.