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We tested Google’s Gemini chatbot — here’s how it performed

We tested Google’s Gemini chatbot — here’s how it performed

Image Credits: TechCrunch Gemini, Google’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, is here. Is it any good? While it’s a solid option for research and productivity, it stumbles in obvious — and some not-so-obvious — places. Last week, Google rebranded its Bard chatbot to Gemini and brought Gemini — which confusingly shares a name in common with the company’s latest family of generative AI models — to smartphones in the form of a reimagined app… Source link

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Google is rebranding its Bard AI service as Gemini. Here’s what it means.

Google is rebranding its Bard AI service as Gemini. Here’s what it means.

Google is introducing a free artificial intelligence app called Gemini that will enable people to rely on technology instead of their own brains to write, interpret what they’re reading and perform a number of other tasks in their lives. The advent of Gemini, named after an AI project unveiled late last year, means that Google is retiring the Bard brand that it introduced a year ago. Bard, a chatbot, was an effort to compete with ChatGPT, the rival app unleashed by the Microsoft-backed… Source link

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Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out.

Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out.

At some point soon (Google didn’t say exactly when) this subscription will also unlock Gemini across Google’s Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, where it works as a smart assistant similar to the GPT-4-powered Copilot that Microsoft is trialing in Office 365. When can you get it? The free Gemini app (powered by Gemini Pro) is available from today in English in the US. Starting next week, you’ll be able to access it across the Asia Pacific region in English and in Japanese and… Source link

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I get customized news from Google Assistant every day. Here’s how you can too

I get customized news from Google Assistant every day. Here’s how you can too

June Wan/ZDNET When you say, “Hey, Google, play the news” your phone, tablet, or speaker will give you a vocal summary of the news, like a podcast geared specifically for important events that have gone on around the world. But where and how does it select the sources it draws on?  You. Also: The best smart speakers: Sonos, Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod, and more compared Or, more specifically, your configuration options. Although, out of the box, Google Assistant is configured with certain news… Source link

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‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo leaks — here’s what it can do with your photos

‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo leaks — here’s what it can do with your photos

Google Assistant is the search engine tech giant’s answer to Siri that responds to “Hey Google!” In case you missed it, “Google Assistant with Bard” is now in the works, which is set to underpin the assistant with Bard (i.e., Google’s AI-powered chatbot). And now, thanks to a new leak, we’re seeing some semblance of its existence. ‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo found in Pixel Tips app Since October, Google hasn’t said much about its plan to enhance its voice assistant with its powerful Bard… Source link

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Google is cutting more jobs, this time at its X Labs, here’s what the lab’s head told employees

Google is cutting more jobs, this time at its X Labs, here’s what the lab’s head told employees

Job cuts continue at Google. Google parent Alphabet moonshot factory X is reportedly restructuring, laying off some staff and turning to outside investors to fund its ambitious projects. According to a report in Bloomberg News, “Alphabet Inc.’s lab for pioneering technology is laying off dozens of employees as it turns to outside investors to help fund its ventures.”The X lab is reportedly adopting a new structure that will enable its projects to more easily spin out of X as independent… Source link

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Google cuts hundreds of employees: Here’s who was hit

Google cuts hundreds of employees: Here’s who was hit

Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards “responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” the company said in a statement. “Some teams are continuing to make these kinds of organizational changes, which include some role eliminations globally,” it said. Google earlier said it was… Source link

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Google cuts hundreds of employees: Here’s who was hit

Google cuts hundreds of employees: Here’s who was hit

Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards “responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” the company said in a statement. “Some teams are continuing to make these kinds of organizational changes, which include some role eliminations globally,” it said. Google earlier said it was… Source link

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