{"id":23184,"date":"2023-09-17T06:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T06:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-gemini-what-we-know-so-far\/496494\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T06:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T06:27:47","slug":"google-gemini-what-we-know-so-far-via-sejournal-kristileilani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/?p=23184","title":{"rendered":"Google Gemini: What We Know So Far via @sejournal, @kristileilani"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-gemini-what-we-know-so-far-6504ab728c86c-sej.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-unveils-search-upgrades-at-i-o-generative-ai-perspectives\/486646\/\">Google I\/O<\/a> developer conference in May 2023, CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company\u2019s upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) system, Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>The large language model (LLM) is being developed by the Google DeepMind division (Brain Team + DeepMind). It could compete with AI systems like ChatGPT from OpenAI and possibly outperform them.<\/p>\n<p>While details remain scarce, here is what we can piece together from the latest interviews and reports about Google Gemini.<\/p>\n<h2>Google Gemini Will Be Multimodal<\/h2>\n<p>Pichai stated that Gemini combines the strengths of DeepMind\u2019s AlphaGo system, known for mastering the complex game Go, with extensive language modeling capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is designed from the ground up to be multimodal, integrating text, images, and other data types. This could allow for more natural conversational abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Pichai also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cNfINi5CNbY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinted<\/a> at future capabilities like memory and planning that could enable tasks requiring reasoning.<\/p>\n<h2>Gemini Can Use Tools And APIs<\/h2>\n<p>In an update to his professional <a href=\"https:\/\/research.google\/people\/jeff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bio<\/a> over the summer, Google Chief Scientist Jeffrey Dean said Gemini is one of the \u201cnext-generation multimodal models\u201d he is co-leading.<\/p>\n<p>He stated it will utilize Pathways, Google\u2019s new AI infrastructure, to enable scaling up training on diverse datasets.<\/p>\n<p>This hints at Gemini potentially being the largest language model created to date, likely exceeding the size of GPT-3 with over 175 billion parameters.<\/p>\n<h2>It Will Come With Various Sizes And Capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>Additional details came from Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind.<\/p>\n<p>In June, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired<\/a> that techniques from AlphaGo, like reinforcement learning and tree search, may give Gemini new abilities like reasoning and problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>Hassabis stated Gemini is a \u201cseries of models\u201d that will be made available in different sizes and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned Gemini may utilize memory, fact-checking against sources like Google Search, and improved reinforcement learning to enhance accuracy and reduce hazardous hallucinated content.<\/p>\n<h2>Early Gemini Results Are Promising<\/h2>\n<p>In a September <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-ai\/6309001\/demis-hassabis-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time<\/a> interview, Hassabis reiterated that Gemini aims to combine scale and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>He said incorporating planning and memory is in the early exploratory stages.<\/p>\n<p>Hassabis also stated Gemini may employ retrieval methods to output entire blocks of information, rather than word-by-word generation, to improve factual consistency.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that Gemini builds on DeepMind\u2019s multimodal work like the image captioning system Flamingo.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Hassabis said Gemini is showing \u201cvery promising early results.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Advanced Chatbots As Universal Personal Assistants<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/sundar-pichai-google-ai-microsoft-openai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired<\/a>, published a few days later, Pichai provided the most unambiguous indication of how Gemini fits into Google\u2019s product roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>He stated conversational AI systems like Bard are \u201cnot the end state\u201d but waypoints leading towards more advanced chatbots.<\/p>\n<p>Pichai said Gemini and future iterations will ultimately become \u201cincredible universal personal assistants\u201d integrated throughout people\u2019s daily lives in areas like travel, work, and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that Gemini will combine strengths of text and images, stating that today\u2019s chatbots will \u201clook trivial\u201d in comparison within a few years.<\/p>\n<h2>Competitors Are Interested In Gemini\u2019s Performance<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI CEO tweeted what appeared to be a response to a paywalled-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semianalysis.com\/p\/google-gemini-eats-the-world-gemini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> reporting that Google Gemini could outperform GPT-4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are the numbers wrong?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1696692734952673476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There was no official response to the follow-up question by Elon Musk on whether the numbers provided by SemiAnalysis are correct.<\/p>\n<h2>Select Companies Have Early Access To Gemini<\/h2>\n<p>More clues about Gemini\u2019s progress this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/google-nears-release-of-gemini-ai-to-rival-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/google-nears-release-of-gemini-ai-to-rival-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;Information<\/a> reported that Google gave a small group of developers outside Google early access to Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>This suggests Gemini may soon be ready for a beta release and integration into services like Google Cloud Vertex AI.<\/p>\n<h2>Meta Working On LLM To Compete With OpenAI<\/h2>\n<p>While the news about Gemini is promising thus far, Google isn\u2019t the only company reportedly ready to launch a new LLM to compete with OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/meta-is-developing-a-new-more-powerful-ai-system-as-technology-race-escalates-decf9451?mod=followamazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Meta is also working on an AI model that would compete with the GPT model that powers ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>Meta most recently announced the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/meta-and-microsoft-release-llama-2-free-commercial-use-research\/491963\/\">Llama 2<\/a>, an open-source AI model, in partnership with Microsoft. The company appears dedicated to responsibly creating AI that is more accessible.<\/p>\n<h2>The Countdown To Google Gemini<\/h2>\n<p>What we know so far indicates Gemini could represent a significant advancement in natural language processing.<\/p>\n<p>The fusion of DeepMind\u2019s latest AI research with Google\u2019s vast computational resources makes the potential impact challenging to overstate.<\/p>\n<p>If Gemini lives up to expectations, it could drive a change in interactive AI, aligning with Google\u2019s ambitions to \u201cbring AI in responsible ways to billions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest news from Meta and Google comes a few days after the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/highlights-from-the-ai-insight-forum-exploring-ai-regulation\/496403\/\">AI Insight Forum<\/a>, where tech CEOs privately met with a portion of the United States Senate to discuss the future of AI.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Featured image: VDB Photos\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Google I\/O developer conference in May 2023, CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company\u2019s upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) system, Gemini. The large language model (LLM) is being developed by the Google DeepMind division (Brain Team + DeepMind). It could compete with AI systems like ChatGPT from OpenAI and possibly outperform them. While details remain&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[292,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-search-engine-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}