Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model that it claims outperforms ChatGPT in most tests and displays “advanced reasoning” across multiple formats, including an ability to view and mark a student’s physics homework.
The model, called Gemini, is the first to be announced since last month’s global AI safety summit, at which tech firms agreed to collaborate with governments on testing advanced systems before and after their release. Google said it was in discussions with the UK’s newly formed AI Safety Institute over testing Gemini’s most powerful version, which will be released next year.
The model comes in three versions and is “multimodal”, which means it can comprehend text, audio, images, video and computer code simultaneously.
Gemini, which will be folded into Google products including its search engine, is being released initially in more than 170 countries including the US on Wednesday in the form of an upgrade to Google’s chatbot, Bard.
However, the Bard upgrade will not be released in the UK and Europe as Google seeks clearance from regulators.
Google indicated that “hallucinations”, or false answers, were still a problem with the model. “It’s still, I would say, an unresolved research problem,” said Eli Collins, the head of product at Google DeepMind.
Still some way to go, then … 