Gemini appears to have surfaced just months after Google consolidated its Brain and Deep Mind AI labs to form a new research entity called Google Deep Mind
CEO Sundar Pichai has hailed Google’s Gemini as an exciting innovation that has garnered attention since its announcement. Following the impact of ChatGPT’s launch in November, Google responded with significant investment to catch up with the generative AI trend. This effort resulted in the introduction of Google Bard and the unveiling of Google Gemini. Pichai expressed his anticipation for a golden age of innovation and eagerly shared the developments at the APEC CEO Conference.
What Exactly is Google Gemini?
Google Gemini comprises a suite of large language models (LLMs) using training methodologies similar to those employed in AlphaGo, incorporating reinforcement learning and tree search techniques. It aims to challenge ChatGPT’s dominance in the global generative AI landscape.
Emerging months after the amalgamation of Google’s Brain and DeepMind AI labs into Google DeepMind, and swiftly following Bard’s launch and the introduction of its advanced PaLM 2 LLM, Google Gemini is expected to be released in the autumn of 2023. While comprehensive details about its capabilities remain elusive, Pichai’s May blog post provided a broad overview, emphasizing Gemini’s multimodal design, efficient tool and API integrations, and its potential for future innovations like memory and planning.
Challenges on the Horizon
Despite Google’s extensive efforts, catching up with OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, has proven more challenging than anticipated, as reported by The Information. Initially slated for release to select cloud clients and business partners by November, a recent delay notification pushed the launch to the first quarter of the following year, posing a significant challenge for Google. This delay comes amidst a slowdown in the company’s cloud sales growth, in contrast to the accelerated growth of its competitor, Microsoft, which has capitalized on selling OpenAI’s technology to its customer base
