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Google Bard is no more . Almost precisely a year after firstintroducingits ( rushed ) efforts to challenge OpenAI ’s ChatGPT , the party is retiring the name and rebranding Bard asGemini , the name of itsfamily of origination models . More significantly , though , it is also now launching Gemini Ultra , its most subject large terminology modeling yet .
Gemini Ultra will be a yield experience , though . Google is making it useable through a new $ 20Google Onetier ( with a two - calendar month free trial ) that also includes 2 TB of memory board and the rest of Google One ’s feature set , as well as admittance to Gemini in Google Workspace apps like Docs , Slides , Sheets and Meet . With that , Google will also sunset the Duet AI brand , which was mostly restricted to its AI features in Workspace , and move that to Gemini as well .
The fellowship is also establish a new Gemini app for Android and bringing it to the Google app on iOS — and on Android , you may nowreplace your Google Assistant with Gemini , too . As for developers who need API access to the Ultra model , Google enjoin it ’ll have more to share in the coming weeks .
Gemini Advanced will be available in more than 150 countries and territories , but only in English for the time being . Japanese and Korean are next on the roadmap for extra languages .
Gemini Ultra 1.0
When Google announced Gemini , it only made the Gemini Pro model widely available through Bard . Gemini Pro , Google enounce at the meter , execute at roughly the level of GPT-3.5 , but with GPT-4 wide available , that announcement felt a routine underwhelming . Back then , Google say Gemini Ultra , the flagship model , would found to consumers in early 2024 after a round of individual tests . While the society did n’t say so explicitly , the savvy at the time was already that the extremist example would be part of a pay plan , dubbed Bard Advanced at the fourth dimension and now rename to Gemini Advanced .
“ Gemini Ultra 1.0 is a model that sets the state of the art across a blanket chain of mountains of benchmarks across text , image , audio recording and video recording , ” Google ’s Sissie Hsiao say in a press conference ahead of today ’s proclamation . “ For Google , Gemini is more than just the models . It ’s really a shift in how we think about the state - of - the - art technology and the entire ecosystem that we ’re progress on it , from products that involve billion of users , to the APIs and platforms that developer and commercial enterprise use to introduce . ”
Hsiao also noted that to ponder that its most modern technology is at the core of Bard , Google decided to rename it to Gemini ( though If Google , with its tremendous branding expertness , ever adjudicate to set up a more capable model and wants to call it Aries or else of Gemini Ultra Super Pro Max 3.0 , who knows what it ’ll call Bard then ) . And while Google touts Bard ’s scores with user , many former user surely never return after it provided mediocre results , throw a rebrand almost a necessity .
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Bard had already switched to Gemini Pro , so for costless substance abuser , there wo n’t be any major changes here . Those who opt to pay for Gemini Advanced , though , will get admission to the Gemini Ultra 1.0 model . As for how good Gemini Ultra 1.0 really is , we ’ll have to try it out ourselves . Google itself was rather vague about its capabilities during this calendar week ’s press conference .
“ With memory access to our Ultra 1.0 model , Gemini Advanced is far more capable at extremely complex chore with a scope of software like befool , logical reasoning , following nuanced instructions and creative collaboration , amongst many others , ” Hsiao explained . “ Not only does Gemini Advanced allow you to save longer prompts , it can also good understand the circumstance of your previous prompts . ” Gemini Ultra 1.0 , it is deserving mention , is also multi - model , which allows you to engage in conversations about images , for exercise .
Gemini Advanced
As for Gemini Advanced , which is currently the only room to get memory access to Ultra 1.0 , users will have to sign up for the young $ 20 Google One AI Premium design . This plan admit all of the benefit of the existing Google One Premium plan ( 2 TB of storage , exclusive Google Photos blue-pencil feature , Google Meet premium video features and Google Calendar ’s enhanced naming scheduling ) . In addition , they will get access to the more advanced model wherever Gemini is available . Soon , they will also get access to Gemini in Google Workspace , which will in all probability be a Microsoft co-pilot - similar experience , though Google did n’t desire to bring home the bacon any details about this yet .
Indeed , $ 20 per month is currently the decease price for most advanced AI chat shaft , including ChatGPT . Google has an advantage here in that it can layer these additional features on top of it without incurring too much of an excess cost ( the margins on these existing Google One storage architectural plan are probably quite goodish already , after all ) .
One nice bonus here : Even if you ’re already a Google One reader , you ’ll also get the free two - month run if you promote to the new AI Premium plan .
