Mountain View, CA – After a rocky launch for its AI chatbot “Bard”, Google announced today that it is unveiling a new and improved chatbot called “Gemini”. This comes just weeks after Bard made inaccurate claims in a promotional video, sending Google’s stock tumbling.
In a blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said “We’ve taken the lessons learned from Bard and used them to develop an even more advanced conversational AI called Gemini. While Bard showed promise, it’s clear we still have work to do. Gemini represents the next evolution of our efforts to create helpful, harmless and honest AI.”
According to Google, Gemini has been trained on even more data than Bard, allowing it to have more in-depth conversations and provide sources to back up its information. It can understand context and have a consistent personality when chatting. Google is starting tests of Gemini immediately but says it will be rolling it out slowly and cautiously to avoid the issues faced by Bard.
Early reviews of Gemini have been positive, with testers praising its ability to admit when it doesn’t know something and follow up with a human-provided answer. However, some experts say only time will tell if Gemini is truly a step above existing chatbots.
The launch of Bard was meant to compete with the wildly popular ChatGPT built by OpenAI. Google is hoping Gemini will still allow it to compete in the red-hot AI space. The company says Gemini will eventually be integrated into its core products like search and Maps to provide more helpful information to users.
Google’s stock rose 2% on the news of Gemini. While Bard’s difficulties were a setback, Google is betting its latest AI chatbot will prove more reliable and help shape the future of how people interact with technology.
