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Google’s Gemini Pro Beats GPT-4

Google’s Gemini Pro Beats GPT-4

Google is rapidly turning into a formidable opponent to BFF Nvidia — the TPU v5p AI chip powering its hypercomputer is faster and has more memory and bandwidth than ever before, beating even the mighty H100 (note Meta also making its own chips)

https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-is-rapidly-turning-into-a-formidable-opponent-to-bff-nvidia-the-tpu-v5p-ai-chip-powering-its-hypercomputer-is-faster-and-has-more-memory-and-bandwidth-than-ever-before-beating-even-the-mighty-h100

The first of Google’s AI upgrades is Gemini Pro, now running on Bard.

Big improvement from the previous LaMDA and PaLM models.

This means Bard now has upgraded understanding, summarizing, reasoning, and coding capabilities.

The first of Google's AI upgrades is Gemini Pro, now running on Bard.

Big improvement from the previous LaMDA and PaLM models.

This means Bard now has upgraded understanding, summarizing, reasoning, and coding capabilities. pic.twitter.com/IqWU9RFvHg
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) February 2, 2024

Bard can also now generate images using Google’s Imagen 2 model.

Users can now prompt Bard for images conversationally, similar to ChatGPT/DALL-E 3.

Bard can also now generate images using Google's Imagen 2 model.

Users can now prompt Bard for images conversationally, similar to ChatGPT/DALL-E 3.

Google has been upgrading Bard rapidly lately, I only imagine it'll get crazier with Gemini Ultra soon 👀 https://t.co/2mHe8SnCYM
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) February 2, 2024

Google cancels contract with an AI data firm that’s helped train Bard

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/23/24048429/google-appen-cancel-contract-ai-training-bard

Google says you’ll need a subscription to use Bard Advanced

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-bard-advanced-subscription-3409624

Google is preparing to fully rename Bard to Geminihttps://9to5google.com/2024/02/01/google-bard-rename-gemini/

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