Sept. 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc.’s Google has given a small number of companies access to an early version of its Gemini conversational artificial intelligence software, people familiar with the matter said. The story was reported Thursday by The Information.
According to , Gemini aims to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model. report.
For Google, the stakes in launching Gemini are high. Google is ramping up its investment in generative AI this year in an effort to catch up after last year’s announcement of ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed OpenAI took the tech world by storm.
Gemini is a large-scale language that powers everything from chatbots to the ability to summarize text and generate original text based on what users want to read, such as email drafts, music lyrics, news articles, etc. A collection of models, the report said.
It is also expected to help software engineers write code to generate original images based on what users want to see.
Google is currently giving developers access to a relatively large version of Gemini, but not the largest version that would be comparable to GPT-4, which is still in development, the report said.
The search and advertising giant plans to make Gemini available to businesses through its Google Cloud Vertex AI service.
Google did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
Last month, the company introduced generative AI to its search tools for users in India and Japan, displaying textual or visual results such as summaries in prompts. It also made its AI-powered tools available to enterprise customers for $30 per user per month.
Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru.Editing: Sherry Jacob Phillips
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