Google introduces its strongest AI models amid intensifying competition from OpenAI.
- On Tuesday, Google unveiled new updates to its AI model collection, Gemini, during its annual developer conference, Google I/O.
- Google unveiled Gemini 1.5 Pro, with CEO Sundar Pichai stating that it has the longest context window of any foundational model to date.
- GPT-4o, the latest AI model from OpenAI, was unveiled a day after its announcement.
The company is showcasing its lightest and most efficient artificial intelligence models at its annual developer conference.
On Tuesday at Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest version of the Gemini model series, called Gemini 1.5 Flash.
In a press briefing, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, stated that developers wanted something faster and more cost-effective, according to what he heard.
As technology companies shift their focus towards generative AI, Google is particularly interested in its potential to enhance consumers' online information access through more advanced and imaginative search methods.
On Monday, OpenAI released a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface. The new model, GPT-4o, is twice as fast as GPT-4 Turbo and half the cost, the company announced.
The Gemini 1.5 Pro model, announced by Google, can process large documents or summarize emails with ease, as stated by a vice president working on the project.
Hsiao stated that Gemini 1.5 Pro will soon be capable of processing an hour of video content or codebases with over 30,000 lines.
Hsiao stated that you can quickly obtain answers and insights about complex documents, such as understanding the specifics of the pet policy in your rental agreement or comparing the main arguments of several lengthy research papers.
The latest upgrade of OpenAI's ChatGPT has been announced, which includes enhanced quality and speed for 50 different languages. This new model can be accessed through OpenAI's API, enabling developers to start building applications using the improved ChatGPT immediately, according to executives.
Google claims that Gemini 1.5 Pro can process up to 2 million tokens of context, indicating its improved local reasoning, planning, and image understanding capabilities, according to company executives.
In the press briefing, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai stated that Gemini has the longest context window of any foundational model yet. He gave an example of a parent asking Gemini to summarize all recent emails from their child's school.
Gemini 1.5 Pro and Flash will be available for testing in both Workspace Labs and Vertex AI, Google's machine learning platform.
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