Gemini is the name of the new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Google DeepMind, which promises to revolutionize the field of AI with its multimodal capabilities, that is, its ability to reason and operate with different types of information, such as text, images, video, audio and code. Gemini is the result of years of research and development, and is based on the previous advances of models such as ChatGPT from OpenAI, but surpasses them in several aspects.
What can Gemini do?
Gemini is an AI model that can do many things, from having a fluent and natural conversation with a human user, to generating Python code from a natural language description, to solving complex mathematical problems, creating graphic art, composing songs, and much more. Gemini is able to learn autonomously from large amounts of data, and to adapt to different contexts and domains.
To demonstrate its capabilities, Google has presented several benchmarks and applications that use Gemini, such as Bard, a chatbot that rivals ChatGPT, or Game Builder, a tool that allows creating interactive games using Gemini. In addition, Google has published a technical report where it compares the performance of Gemini with that of other AI models, such as GPT-4 from OpenAI, in different tasks and metrics.
How does Gemini compare with other AI models?
Gemini is one of the most advanced and versatile AI models that exist, and surpasses other AI models in several aspects. According to Google’s technical report, Gemini has the following advantages:
- It is bigger and more powerful: Gemini has 1.6 trillion parameters, which makes it twice as big as GPT-4, which has 800 billion parameters. In addition, Gemini uses a more efficient and scalable architecture, which allows it to process more information and learn faster.
- It is more multimodal: Gemini is able to reason and combine different types of information, such as text, images, video, audio and code, in an integrated and coherent way. Gemini can understand the content and context of each modality, and use them to generate appropriate responses. For example, Gemini can answer questions about an image, generate an image from a description, or create a game from a script.
- It is more generalist: Gemini is able to solve a wide variety of tasks and problems, from the simplest to the most complex, without the need for specific training or adjustments. Gemini can apply its knowledge and skills to different domains and disciplines, such as mathematics, science, humanities, art, music, programming, and others.
- It is more intelligent: Gemini surpasses the performance of other AI models, and even of human experts, in several benchmarks and metrics that evaluate the knowledge and reasoning ability of the AI. For example, Gemini achieves 90% accuracy in MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding), one of the most popular methods to measure the language understanding of the AI, while GPT-4 achieves 86.4% and human experts 89.8%.
What versions of Gemini exist?
Gemini comes in three versions, each with different features and applications:
- Gemini Nano: It is the smallest and lightest version of Gemini, which can run on mobile devices. It has 6 billion parameters, and can be used for simple tasks, such as generating text or images, or having a basic conversation.
- Gemini Pro: It is the intermediate version of Gemini, which can run on the cloud or on powerful devices. It has 400 billion parameters, and can be used for more complex tasks, such as generating code, solving mathematical problems, or creating graphic art. This is the version that Bard, Google’s chatbot, uses.
- Gemini Ultra: It is the largest and most powerful version of Gemini, which can run on supercomputers or clusters of servers. It has 1.6 trillion parameters, and can be used for very advanced tasks, such as creating interactive games, composing songs, or rivaling GPT-4. This is the version that will be launched early next year, and that will have a dedicated version of the chatbot called Bard Advanced.
How can I use Gemini?
Gemini is a Google technology that can be used in different ways, depending on the version and the application that you choose. Some of the ways to use Gemini are:
- Through Bard: Bard is Google’s chatbot that uses Gemini Pro to have fluent and natural conversations with human users. Bard can be used from any web browser, and can be accessed from [here]. Bard allows you to interact with Gemini using text in English, and you can also ask it to do other things, such as generating code, solving problems, creating art, and more.
- Through Game Builder: Game Builder is a tool that uses Gemini Ultra to create interactive games using Gemini. Game Builder can be used from a desktop application, and can be downloaded from [here]. Game Builder allows you to interact with Gemini using text, images, video, audio and code, and you can also ask it to do other things, such as generating characters, scenarios, stories, music, and more.
- Through other applications: Google plans to launch other applications that use Gemini for different purposes, such as education, entertainment, productivity, and others. These applications will be announced on the Google DeepMind website, which can be visited from [here].
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Gemini? Gemini is the new artificial intelligence model from Google, that can reason and operate with different types of information, such as text, images, video, audio and code.
- What are the advantages of Gemini over other AI models? Gemini is bigger, more powerful, multimodal, generalist and intelligent than other AI models, and surpasses previous models such as ChatGPT from OpenAI in several benchmarks and metrics.
- What versions of Gemini are there? Gemini has three versions: Nano, Pro and Ultra, each with different features and applications.
- How can I use Gemini? You can use Gemini through Bard, the chatbot from Google, or through Game Builder, the tool to create interactive games, or through other applications that will be launched.