Google officially introduced its most powerful large language model to date, Gemini. CEO Sundar Pichai said it was the first of a “new generation of AI models, inspired by the way people understand and interact with the world.” Of course, this is all very complex, but Google’s multi-million dollar investment in AI has created a model that is more flexible than any model before. Let’s break it down.
The system was developed from the ground up as an integrated multimodal AI. As Engadget’s Andrew Tarantola says, “Think of many fundamental AI models as groups of smaller models, all stacked together.” Gemini is trained to transparently understand and reason about all kinds of input, which should make it quite capable when dealing with complex coding demands and even physics problems.
Gemini is “transformed” into three sizes: Nano, Pro and Ultra. Nano is built into the device and Pro will be integrated with Google’s chatbot, Bard. The enhanced Bard chatbot will be available in the same 170 countries and territories as the existing service. Gemini Pro apparently outperformed the previous model, which initially powered ChatGPT, called GPT-3.5, on six of eight AI tests. However, there is no comparison yet between OpenAI’s dominant chatbot running on GPT-4 and this new challenger.
Meanwhile, Gemini Ultra, which won’t be available until at least 2024, performed better than any other model, including GPT-4, in some benchmark tests. However, this Ultra version would require additional testing before being cleared for release to “select customers, developers, partners, and security and liability experts” for further testing and feedback.
—Mat Smith
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