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Google AI: Bard becomes Gemini

9/2/2024

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Google has renamed its chatbot Bard to Gemini and is making it more powerful. It is now called Gemini, just like the new, supposedly largest and most powerful AI model from the Alphabet Group to date.

With immediate effect, Google's chatbot is no longer called Bard, but Gemini. This is not entirely surprising, as Gemini is also the name of the company's new AI model. Google presented this in December. It is a multimodal artificial intelligence that can process not only text, but also images, sound and video. It should also be able to stand up to GPT-4. You can use Gemini to generate emails, translations or programming code - or simply chat with it.

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The new AI model has three levels. Gemini Nano runs natively locally and requires the fewest resources. Gemini Pro, which was already used in the English version of Bard, is more powerful. Gemini Ultra reflects the most powerful level, which selected beta users have been able to use since January.

But now beta is over, because Google is making Gemini available to everyone in more than 40 languages with immediate effect. Gemini Pro runs in the background of the standard version of the new chatbot.

Those who want to use Gemini Ultra must pay 20 US dollars per month.
Source: Google

If you want to use Gemini Ultra, you can do so with a Google One AI Premium subscription for 20 US dollars. The package costs 10 US dollars more than Google One Premium. However, only the English language is supported for the time being. The previous Bard Advanced will be discontinued.

Also included in the AI Premium package, but only available in the near future, is the use of Gemini in Gmail, Docs and other Google web apps. The AI assistant, which is similar to Microsoft Copilot, was previously called Google Duet AI and is also disappearing under this name. Instead of Duet AI, there is now Gemini in the cloud and Gemini for Workspaces in the Workspace service.

New Android app

Google has also launched a new Gemini app, which is available immediately in the USA on Google Play. Languages other than English as well as worldwide availability are expected to follow soon. The special thing about it is that you can use the app on Android phones as a replacement for the Google Assistant. Gemini then responds when you long press the home button or say "Hey Google".

R.I.P. Bard

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