Alphabet's Google has provided an early version of its conversational artificial intelligence software Gemini to a small group of companies, media reported on Thursday (September 14), citing people familiar with the matter. Gemini is designed to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4 model.
In the artificial intelligence wave set off by ChatGPT, Google has increased its investment in generative artificial intelligence (AIGC) this year in an attempt to catch up. The company spent a lot of computing resources and manpower developing the product, so the release of Gemini is a big deal for Google.
And allowing outside developers to use Gemini means Google is considering incorporating it into its consumer services.
According to people familiar with the matter, Google will release versions of Gemini in different sizes so that developers can purchase a less complex version to handle simple tasks, or a version small enough to run on personal devices.
Gemini is a collection of large language models that supports a variety of functions, including: chatbots, generating raw text, summarizing text based on user requirements, etc.
Gemini is also expected to help software engineers write code and generate original images based on user requirements.
Gemini will significantly improve its ability to help software developers generate code compared to existing models. Google hopes to use it to catch up with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot code assistant, which is powered by OpenAI's model and has become a hot product.
Google has also previously discussed using Gemini to enhance features such as chart analysis, such as letting the model interpret the meaning of completed charts; and using text or voice commands to navigate web browsers or other software.
In addition, Google plans to provide Gemini models to enterprises through its Google Cloud's VertexAI service, which in disguise promotes Google's cloud service business.
In addition to boosting its cloud server rental business, Google is counting on the software to power all of its businesses, from its Bard chatbot to new features in its Workspace software.