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Google AI News: Week Ending 02/09/2024

February 25, 2024

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Google Maps

“Google Maps is introducing a generative AI feature to help users discover new places. https://t.co/U1FvHP3fJT” / X – https://twitter.com/TigerDataR/status/1753249198080938148

Google Maps is getting ‘supercharged’ with generative AI – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24057994/google-maps-generative-ai-llm-local-guide-search

Evolution of Search

Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn’t King | WIRED – https://www.wired.com/story/google-prepares-for-a-future-where-search-isnt-king/

Gemini

Google is launching Gemini Ultra in 48 hours. We are saying goodbye to our friend Bard, as he is being rebranded along with the Google Assistant app. The industry is consolidating into a monthly ‘Pro’ tier for their top models, at $20/month. Google’s is named ‘Gemini Advanced’.

Google is launching Gemini Ultra in 48 hours. We are saying goodbye to our friend Bard, as he is being rebranded along with the Google Assistant app. The industry is consolidating into a monthly 'Pro' tier for their top models, at $20/month. Google's is named 'Gemini Advanced'. pic.twitter.com/pVtpXml0oz
— Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_) February 5, 2024

“Big news. The most powerful GPT competitor, Gemini Ultra, will be released on Wednesday. Google confirmed it. Ultra beats GPT-4 in 7 out of 8 benchmarks: HumanEval (Code) Gemini Ultra: 74% GPT-4: 67% MMLU (General) Gemini Ultra: 90% GPT-4: 86.4% GSM8K (Math) Gemini Ultra:… https://t.co/gSyq8tNIYy” / X – https://twitter.com/AlphaSignalAI/status/1754561032943726768

“I’ve been using Google’s new Gemini Advanced AI for the past six weeks. It is clearly at the level of GPT-4, but doesn’t clearly exceed it. It has its own strengths and weaknesses. It can shed some light on our AI future. And it is full of ghosts. https://t.co/dMv06zaVHK” / X – https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1755596564817699049

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“Today, Bard becomes Gemini. Available on web (https://t.co/4axIwqpUYX) and mobile (new app in Play Store, Google app on iOS) – starting to roll out today. AND introducing Gemini Advanced https://t.co/o5aKEvQBdx – access to our most capable model (Ultra 1.0) https://t.co/tloA89wcut” / X – https://twitter.com/JackK/status/1755577484874330550

“Google just dropped its most powerful model and GPT-4’s biggest competitor, Gemini Ultra. Here’s what stands out: 1. You can opt out of training data when signing up 2. There is a digital watermark applied to all images generated by Imagen 2 within Gemini Ultra (but you can’t… https://t.co/5Zidj8cVhV” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1755628305657512288

Google Bard is now Gemini: How to try Ultra 1.0 and new mobile app – https://blog.google/products/gemini/bard-gemini-advanced-app/

Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default | TechCrunch – https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/google-saves-your-conversations-with-gemini-for-years-by-default/

How Good Is Google Gemini Advanced? – by Alberto Romero – https://thealgorithmicbridge.substack.com/p/how-good-is-google-gemini-advanced

Google launches Gemini Ultra, its most powerful LLM yet | TechCrunch – https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/google-goes-all-in-on-gemini-and-launches-20-paid-tier-for-gemini-ultra/

“Google added a new changelog for Bard, and — oh boy — it’s a big one! The availability in Canada is awesome! That said I don’t really understand the limitations with the app. That’s disappointing as someone who lives in Europe. Oh by the way… https://t.co/xM2snHVYJ9 is real. https://t.co/QKgKrRjmM4” / X – https://twitter.com/evowizz/status/1753795479543132248