Google introduces Gemini GenAI model for highly complex tasks

Google on Wednesday spiced up the generative AI race with introducing Gemini, its most capable and general model yet with state-of-the-art performance across many leading benchmarks, in three iterations. The first version, Gemini 1.0, is optimised for different sizes: Ultra, Pro and Nano. Google’s AI chatbot Bard will use a fine-tuned version of Gemini Pro for more advanced reasoning, planning, understanding and more. It will be available in English in more than 170 countries and territories, and “we plan to expand to different modalities and support new languages and locations in the near future,” said Google. The company also brought Gemini to Pixel 8 Pro, powering new features like Summarise in the Recorder app and rolling out in Smart Reply in Gboard, starting with WhatsApp, with more messaging apps coming next year. In the coming months, Gemini will be available in more of Google products and services like Search, Ads, Chrome and Duet AI. “These are the first models of the Gemini era and the first realisation of the vision we had when we formed Google DeepMind earlier this year,” said Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai,. Gemini is the result of large-scale collaborative efforts by teams across Google, including the colleagues at Google Research.