Gemini, an AI model that can answer complex questions and provide chatbot-like answers ahead of ads and links will be launched by Google.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is preparing for a future where search isn't the primary focus.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is preparing for a future where search isn't the primary focus. He has announced that Google will be launching Gemini, an AI model that can answer complex questions and provide chatbot-like answers ahead of ads and links. The company is also working on improving its generative AI experience with plans to offer both paid and ad-supported options in the future. Pichai believes that Gemini should be grounded in factualness, which means it will not hallucinate like other generative AI apps have done in the past.
Gemini Android app as a Google Assistant replacement on day one required manual submission of voice commands.
<br>Pressing submit was needed after finishing a request and the pulsating mic indicator would keep spinning before stopping.<br>
<br>Pressing a button to signal completion felt archaic after living with voice assistants for several years. It essentially turned microphone input method into speech-to-text.
As of Saturday, voice commands via overlay panel (power button, corner swipe, and Hey Google) are sent automatically.<br>
<br>Gemini is much faster at realizing when user is done speaking.
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Gemini voice commands no longer require you to press 'send'
As of Saturday, voice commands via overlay panel (power button, corner swipe, and Hey Google) are sent automatically.
The most advanced version of Gemini will also be offered as part of a $20 per month Google One subscription package.
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The article is misleading in several ways. Firstly, the title claims that voice commands no longer require pressing 'send', but this is not entirely true as it still requires a tap on the send arrow after finishing a request. Secondly, the author uses an emotional appeal by describing how annoying and archaic it was to press a button to signal they were done speaking. This creates an impression that voice commands should be seamless and effortless, which is not entirely accurate.
The title claims that voice commands no longer require pressing 'send', but this is not entirely true as it still requires a tap on the send arrow after finishing a request.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by stating that Google has fixed the behavior of Gemini. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the microphone input method as archaic and speech-to-text.
> One of the most annoying aspects of using the Gemini Android app as a Google Assistant replacement on day one was having to manually send/submit voice commands. <br> > This is when you realize that a tap of the send arrow is needed. <br> > Besides adding a few seconds to a voice interaction that should be speedy, pressing a button to signal you are done feels positively archaic after living with voice assistants for several years.
The Gemini team prioritized this voice send/submit regression.
Bias
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The author has a clear bias towards the Gemini app as they describe it as an annoying aspect of using the app and compare it to speech-to-text. The author also uses language that dehumanizes users by describing pressing a button to signal completion as 'archaic'. Additionally, there is no evidence provided for any other position or perspective on this issue.
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Besides adding a few seconds to a voice interaction that should be speedy, pressing a button to signal you are done feels positively archaic after living with voice assistants for several years. It essentially turned the microphone input method into speech-to-text.
One of the most annoying aspects of using the Gemini Android app as a Google Assistant replacement on day one was having to manually send/submit voice commands.
The Gemini name: Good for consistency, but a bit pigeonholed
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The author has a conflict of interest with the topic 'Gemini' as they are reporting on an update to the app. The article mentions that Gemini team prioritized voice send/submit regression which could be seen as promoting their own product.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Gemini as they are part of the team that prioritized voice send/submit regression.
Gemini team prioritized voice send/submit regression
Gemini has a feature that cross-checks its answers with Google results.
As of Saturday, voice commands via overlay panel (power button, corner swipe, and Hey Google) are sent automatically.
Accuracy
Google is rolling out Gemini, its most powerful AI model yet, with a paywall to take direct aim at ChatGPT and subscription service ChatGPT Plus.
Deception
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The author Allison Johnson presents her experience with Google's new AI chatbot Gemini. While she is impressed by its ability to hook into Gmail, Google Maps and Google Docs, there are instances of deception in the article.
`These aren’t hard things to do, but they require enough tapping around different apps or tabbing between screens that I start to think...`
`I don’t know how to say this, but sometimes the emotional labor of opening another app on my phone and typing in some text is just too much.`
Fallacies
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The article discusses the new Google Gemini assistant and its ability to perform tasks such as summarizing emails and suggesting activities. However, it also highlights some limitations of the assistant's abilities in certain situations. The author mentions that while they are impressed with what Gemini can do for them personally, they believe there is still room for improvement in terms of contextual understanding and accuracy.
The article discusses how Gemini was able to summarize details from two different emails about an Airbnb reservation. This demonstrates the assistant's ability to extract relevant information from multiple sources.
Bias
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The article discusses the new Google Gemini assistant and its ability to perform tasks such as summarizing emails and suggesting activities. The author compares it to other AI assistants like ChatGPT and highlights its strengths in integrating with existing Google services. However, there are also instances where the assistant struggles with understanding context or providing relevant suggestions.
The author mentions that Gemini can replace the standard Assistant and invoke it in all the same ways you would the old Assistant.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of AI assistant as they are reporting on Google's Gemini voice assistant. The article mentions that the author is an AI researcher and this could compromise their ability to report objectively.
<br>The chatbot it launched to counter OpenAI's ChatGPT, Bard, is getting a new name: Gemini.<br>
Pichai says that Google is focused right now on getting the generative AI experience right, but he is open to possibilities around both paid and ad-supported generative AI experiences.
<br>Google has been running a parallel experiment with using AI to remake its core search interface and launching a generative search experience that serves up chatbot-like answers ahead of the familiar list of ads and links.<br>
Gemini still risks hallucinating like Bard did or as other generative AI apps have, but he believes it should be grounded in factualness.
<br>Pichai acknowledges that Gemini still risks hallucinating like Bard did or as other generative AI apps have, but he believes it should be grounded in factualness.<br>
Gemini Ultra sets the state of the art across a wide range of benchmarks across text, image, audio and video.
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Google is rolling out Gemini, its most powerful AI model yet, with a paywall to take direct aim at ChatGPT and subscription service ChatGPT Plus.
The chatbot it launched to counter OpenAI's ChatGPT, Bard, is getting a new name: Gemini.
<p>Google has been running a parallel experiment with using AI to remake its core search interface and launching generative search experience that serves up chatbot-like answers ahead of the familiar list of ads and links.</p>
Pichai believes a generative AI experience should be imaginative like a child who doesn't know what constraints are when they imagine something.
Deception
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Google is preparing for a future where search isn't king by launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini. The chatbot version of Gemini will be offered as part of a $20 per month Google One subscription package and has been trained with data in multiple formats including imagery, audio, and code. This allows the finished modal to be fluent in all those modes and can be prompted to respond using text or voice or by snapping and sharing a photo. The article also mentions that Google is experimenting with a new vision for what it offers not replacing search but building an alternative to see what sticks.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai still loves the web, he wakes up every morning and reads Techmeme.
Fallacies
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There are a few fallacies present in this article. The first is an appeal to authority when the author states that Google's CEO Sundar Pichai 'has more power than most to steer [the changing web and search layer]'. This statement implies that because of his position, he has some sort of special influence over how information online changes, which is not necessarily true. The second fallacy is a dichotomous depiction when the author states that social media apps, short-form video, and generative AI are 'challenging our outdated ideals of what it means to find information online'. This statement implies that there are only two types of ways to find information online: old and outdated vs. new and challenging. The third fallacy is an informal fallacy when the author states that Google's most powerful AI model, Gemini, 'is taking direct aim at the fast-ascendant ChatGPT'. This statement implies a competitive relationship between two companies where none was mentioned in the article beforehand.
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai still loves the web. He wakes up every morning and reads Techmeme, a news aggregator resplendent with links, accessible only via the web. The web is dynamic and resilient, he says, and can still—with help from a search engine—provide whatever information a person is looking for.
Google Gemini, even the advanced version, still risks hallucinating the way Bard did or as other generative AI apps have. “I think the technology is useful for many people. But it has to be used in the right way and I still have concerns about people relying on it.
Google’s most powerful version of Gemini will also be offered as part of a $20 per month Google One subscription package.
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Google is preparing for a future where search isn't king by launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini. The chatbot version of Gemini will be offered as part of a $20 per month Google One subscription package and has been trained with data in multiple formats including imagery, audio, and code. This allows the finished modal to be fluent in all those modes and can be prompted to respond using text or voice or by snapping and sharing a photo. The company is also experimenting with a new vision for what Google offers not replacing search but building an alternative to see what sticks.
Gemini was trained with data in multiple formats including imagery, audio, and code
Google has launched its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini
The chatbot version of Gemini will be offered as part of a $20 per month Google One subscription package
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Lauren Goode has a conflict of interest on the topic of Google's AI model and chatbot as she is an author for Wired.com which is owned by Condé Nast, a company that may have financial ties to companies in the tech industry.
Gemini Ultra sets the state of the art across a wide range of benchmarks across text, image, audio and video.
Google is sunsetting the Duet AI brand and moving it to Gemini as well.
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Google is rolling out Gemini, its most powerful AI model yet.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, it states that Bard has been retired and rebranded as Gemini when this is not entirely accurate. While the name change was announced, Bard still exists and can be accessed by users who do not have access to Gemini Ultra 1.0.
The article claims that 'Bard has been retired' but it still exists.
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Google is making the new $20 Google One tier available and that it will sunset Duet AI brand. This statement implies that the company's decision should be trusted without question, which is a form of logical fallacy known as 'appeal to authority'. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that Bard had already switched to Gemini Pro and many early users surely never returned after it provided middling results. This statement implies that the company's decision was justified and correct, which is a form of logical fallacy known as 'appeal to emotion'. The author also uses an informal fallacy by stating that Bard had already switched to Gemini Pro without providing any evidence or context for this claim.
Google announced the retirement of its name Bard and rebranded it as Gemini, the name of its family of foundation models. This statement implies that there is a direct correlation between the two names which may not be true.
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The author has a conflict of interest with the topic of Gemini Ultra as they are reporting on Google's latest large language model and also mentioning their own brand Duet AI. The article does not disclose any other conflicts of interest.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Gemini Ultra as they are reporting on its launch and also mentioning that it is Google's most powerful LLM yet. The article does not disclose any other conflicts of interest.
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