Photo: Bloomberg / Contributor (Getty Images) Google announced it’s building a new large language model that will give health and fitness tips on Tuesday, part of a broader push across the company to develop AI health algorithms and robot doctor tools. Generating Video Via Text? | Future Tech Fitbit (a subsidiary of Google) is partnering … Read more
This illustration picture taken on April 20, 2018 in Paris shows apps for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple (GAFA) and the reflexion of a binary code displayed on a tablet screen. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images) Lionel Bonaventure | Afp | Getty Images Apple is reportedly … Read more
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Google announced it will restrict the types of election-related queries that users can ask its Gemini chatbot, adding it has already rolled out the changes in India, … Read more
It’s been a difficult few weeks for Google after its text-to-image creator in Gemini (formerly Bard) began delivering offensive, ridiculous and embarrassing images. That prompted a company executive to admit Google “got it wrong” and led it to pause the 3-week-old tool while it conducted “extensive testing.” Then Google CEO Sundar Pichai weighed in, reiterating … Read more
Tiernan Ray/ZDNET Sometimes, the best way to examine something is in the context of stuff you already know a little bit about. Or, at least, think you do. In that spirit, I recently tested Google’s Gemini chat bot, formerly Bard, against OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4. This test was part of a discussion of a key element in … Read more
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Hi everyone I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard). I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias — to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong. Our teams have been working around the clock … Read more
shapecharge/Getty Images To the great sadness of Shakespeare punsters everywhere, Google has renamed Bard to Gemini. Google has also come out with a more capable, more advanced, more expensive version of Gemini called Gemini Advanced. Gemini and Gemini Advanced are roughly analogous to ChatGPT’s base model and the ChatGPT Plus service offered for an additional … Read more
You, too, can have your own RCS chat with Google Gemini. Image: Google Android is becoming the platform of AI fever dreams. At this year’s MWC, an overseas tradeshow where Google typically has a booth to remind the world that its mobile platform is global, the Android maker has announced new ways to interact with … Read more
AI chatbots made headlines this week with a range of glaring flubs that were hard to look past. Tech companies are rushing to show off their non-offensive, error-free AI chatbots. They’re hoping to show investors that the billions of dollars spent on this technology was a good investment. This week, AI chatbots showed they are … Read more
Google has paused its Gemini AI tool (formerly Bard)’s ability to generate images of people. The company also issued an apology after the tool was found to be generating historically inaccurate illustrations, including depictions of Nazi soldiers as people of colour. SEE ALSO: Google announces Gemini 1.5, a flashy upgrade to its flagship AI model … Read more