LLM Reference

Chat Bison

Released
2023-12-06
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 16d ago
ClassificationJSON / Tool use

Chat Bison has model metadata, but missing tracked provider pricing keeps it from being a default production pick.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating classification and json / tool use
  • Workloads that can use a 8k context window

Do not use it for

  • Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
Palm 2
Released
2023-12-06
Context
8k
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
general
Training
finetuned
Created by

Pioneering artificial intelligence research.

London, United Kingdom
Founded 2014
Website
Pricing

No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.

About

Chat Bison, a large language model from Google, is adept at multi-turn conversations, excelling in language understanding and generation for interactive applications. Although details about its architecture are limited, it is based on Google's PaLM 2 framework and trained on extensive text and code datasets. This model is proficient in various language tasks, including code and text generation, editing, and problem-solving, and is particularly well-suited for multilingual content and handling synonymous inquiries in FAQ systems. Accessible via Google's Vertex AI platform, users should note the scheduled decommissioning of the PaLM API, including Chat Bison, and consider transitioning to the Gemini API.

Chat Bison is a model in the Palm 2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 8k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through GCP Vertex AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.5 input and $0.5 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Chat Bison yet.

Top use-case fit

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

JSON / Tool use

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor Classification

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

Rankings & picks(5)