On Wednesday, Google unveiled Gemini, their most recent artificial intelligence (AI) model, which can process text, code, music, images, and videos. The company believes that Gemini performs far better than Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s GPT-4 and could help Google gain ground in the AI competition.

The mammoth search engine is trying to overtake ChatGPT, the manufacturer of generative AI, while that firm struggles with the fallout from a boardroom coup that resulted in the firing of CEO Sam Altman and his subsequent rehire within days.

Google has been developing artificial intelligence (AI) covertly for years, so it was taken aback when OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT late last year and partnered with Microsoft to make its capabilities available to consumers globally.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated in a statement, “This is incredible momentum, and yet, we’re only beginning to scratch the surface of what’s possible.”

“This new era of models represents one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company.”

Gemini: Google’s Human-like AI

Google’s “largest and most capable AI model,” known as Gemini 1.0, is available in three different sizes: Gemini Ultra, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Nano. Each size is designed to accommodate varied task and device complexity.

Google’s research indicates that the Gemini model outperformed OpenAI’s multimodal large language model (LLM), GPT-4, on the majority of metrics examined, including text, code, image, and video tasks.

According to Google DeepMind vice president of product Eli Collins, during a briefing, “it is the first AI model to outperform human experts in certain benchmarks involving problem solving, math, physics, history, law, medicine, and ethics.”

In a demonstration, Gemini was able to identify what was displayed, including someone acting out a scenario from the movie “Matrix” and someone drawing a duck before holding up a rubber duck.

Gemini offered observations, comparisons, inferences, and recommendations based on what was presented.
Collins claims that the performance of a “Ultra” version of Gemini “far exceeds” that of previous state-of-the-art models in 30 benchmark tests that gauge abilities like mathematical reasoning and picture perception.

What is expected off Gemini?

According to Bard vice president Sissie Hsiao, Google launched its own chatbot, Bard, earlier this year and has been developing it based on user feedback.

Hsiao stated at the briefing that “all of that rapid innovation is bringing us to what we see as a truly transformative moment. With Gemini, Bard is getting its biggest upgrade yet.”

Gemini-infused Bard will be enhanced to be “multi-modal,” which means that in addition to text prompts, it will be able to process visual and aural input.

“With Gemini we are one step closer to our vision of bringing you the best AI collaborator in the world,” added Hsiao.

According to Hsiao, this AI improves Bard’s performance even further, whether it is in research projects, computer code, poetry, or shopping searches.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, saw a 0.7% decrease in intraday trading on Wednesday, although they have still increased by around 46% this year.

Gemini and the already developed AI

With a few incumbents leading the way, the AI arms race between the major tech companies is intensifying as Google launches Gemini.

According to Jefferies analysts, “the only people who are actually deploying gen AI are startups and the hyperscalers,” referring to Microsoft, Google, and Amazon (AMZN).

Early in the next year, Google plans to deploy the “Ultra” version of Gemini, which is engineered to tackle extremely complicated jobs.

Collin stated about the new launch, “I’m in awe of what it’s capable of.”
“This is the start of a new era for us at Google as we continue to rapidly innovate and advance the model’s capabilities.”

In an effort to convince people that generative AI is practical rather than dangerous or only a fad, tech firms like Google incorporated Gmail, YouTube, and other services into their Bard chatbot in September.

These features closely resemble Microsoft’s solutions that add AI capabilities to its Office 365 programs, although those are not accessible through the chatbot on Microsoft’s search engine Bing and are offered at an additional fee to consumers.

It remains to be seen if generative AI chatbots will endure when the initial buzz has subsided.
Furthermore, earlier this year, Microsoft’s search engine integrated an OpenAI-based chatbot; nonetheless, this did not affect Google’s dominant search market share.

Nonetheless, governments and tech firms maintain that generative AI is the next major development in technology, and they have increased their investments in infrastructure, research, and new products.