Google’s GEMINI ULTRA 1.0 First Look - Breakdown and Testing
TLDRGoogle has launched Gemini Ultra 1.0, a new AI model that aims to challenge Chat GPT's dominance. The model, available through a dedicated mobile app for Android with iOS support coming soon, offers advanced capabilities in coding, logical reasoning, and creative collaboration. Gemini Advanced, part of Google One AI Premium for $20 per month, provides access to expanded multimodal features, interactive coding, and deep data analysis. The interface is similar to Chat GPT, but with the addition of extensions that can access a vast amount of data from Google services. Initial tests show Gemini is fast and provides a clean output, but struggles with some logical problems and multimodal tasks. The model also offers unique features like modifying responses and double-checking responses with Google search.
Takeaways
- 🚀 Google has launched Gemini Ultra 1.0, aiming to disrupt the dominance of chat GPT with unique Google features.
- 🔍 The previous name 'Bard' has been replaced by 'Gemini', and there's a new tier called Gemini Advanced, which is confusingly named as it's also referred to as Gemini Ultra.
- 📱 A new dedicated mobile app for Gemini has been released for Android, with an iOS version coming soon.
- 🌐 Gemini Advanced can chat in over 40 languages across more than 230 countries and territories.
- 💡 Gemini Advanced is designed to excel at complex tasks such as coding, logical reasoning, and creative collaboration.
- 💰 A subscription to Google One AI Premium, costing $20 per month, is required for access to Gemini Advanced, which includes 2TB of storage.
- 🎁 Google is offering a two-month free trial for Gemini Advanced, directly competing with the pricing of chat GPT Plus.
- 📲 Gemini is being integrated into Google's ecosystem, including Gmail, Docs, Slides, and Sheets.
- 🔗 Extensions feature allows Gemini to access data from various Google services, potentially giving it an edge over open AI with its vast data access.
- ⏱️ Gemini Advanced is noted for its speed, outputting responses quickly and without streaming the text as it's being generated.
- 🐍 In testing, Gemini Advanced was unable to create a snake game in one go, unlike some previous models.
- 🧐 Gemini Advanced performed well on logical reasoning tasks, except for a failure in understanding the 'Killer's problem' scenario.
Q & A
What is the new name for Google's Bard?
-The new name for Google's Bard is Gemini Ultra.
What is the difference between Gemini Pro, Gemini Ultra, and Gemini Advanced?
-Gemini Pro is the basic model, Gemini Ultra is a higher tier model, and Gemini Advanced is the most capable model at highly complex tasks such as coding, logical reasoning, following nuanced instructions, and collaborating on creative projects.
What is the cost of using Gemini Advanced?
-Gemini Advanced is available as part of the Google One AI Premium plan, which costs $20 per month.
What additional benefits come with the Google One AI Premium plan?
-With the Google One AI Premium plan, users get a two-month trial at no cost, and additional benefits such as two terabytes of storage.
What is the significance of the new mobile app for Android that Google is rolling out?
-The new mobile app for Android is dedicated to Gemini and functions as an assistant, potentially indicating a shift from Google Assistant to Gemini in the future.
How does Gemini Advanced's interface compare to that of chat GPT?
-The interface of Gemini Advanced is extremely similar to chat GPT, which the author of the script finds unremarkable as it is not particularly revolutionary or unique.
What are 'extensions' in the context of Gemini Advanced?
-Extensions in Gemini Advanced are similar to chat GPT plugins, allowing the model to ingest data from various Google services such as Google Flights, Google Hotels, Maps, Workspace, and YouTube.
What is the significance of Gemini Advanced's real-time response feature?
-The real-time response feature allows Gemini Advanced to access and utilize real-time data, which can provide more accurate and up-to-date information in its responses.
How did Gemini Advanced perform when tasked with creating a snake game in Python?
-Gemini Advanced was able to generate the code for a snake game quickly, but it did not work on the first attempt. After identifying and addressing issues with the code, it still failed to create a functioning snake game.
What logical reasoning problem was used to test Gemini Advanced's capabilities?
-One of the logical reasoning problems was to determine how long it would take for 20 shirts to dry if it takes 4 hours to dry five shirts, assuming uniform drying conditions.
What is the 'double check response' feature in Gemini Advanced?
-The 'double check response' feature in Gemini Advanced allows the model to search Google to verify the information provided in its responses, ensuring accuracy.
How does the multimodal capability of Gemini Advanced work?
-The multimodal capability of Gemini Advanced allows users to interact with the model using different forms of input, such as text and images. For example, users can take a picture and ask Gemini Advanced to describe or analyze the content of the image.
Outlines
🚀 Introduction to Google's Gemini Ultra
Google has launched Gemini Ultra, a new AI model that aims to challenge Chat GPT's dominance. The video introduces Gemini Ultra's unique features, such as its ability to perform complex tasks, logical reasoning, and creative collaboration. The model is available through a dedicated mobile app for Android, with an iOS version coming soon. Gemini Advanced, the current version, offers multimodal capabilities, interactive coding features, and data analysis. It is part of Google One AI Premium plan at $20 per month, which also includes a two-month free trial and additional storage. The video also discusses the potential integration of Gemini into Gmail, Docs, Slides, and Sheets.
🧩 Testing Gemini Ultra's Capabilities
The video presents a hands-on test of Gemini Ultra's capabilities, starting with attempting to create a snake game in Python. Despite being fast and having a nice output format, Gemini fails to create the game successfully on the first try and requires further input from the user to correct the code. The video also tests Gemini's logical reasoning with a question about drying shirts, which it answers correctly. However, it fails to accurately count the words in a response and struggles with a logic puzzle involving killers in a room. It successfully answers a question about the location of a ball after two individuals, John and Mark, independently move it to different locations.
📱 Gemini Ultra's Multimodal Features and User Feedback Options
The video explores Gemini Ultra's multimodal capabilities by analyzing an image and providing different drafts of interpretation, showcasing the model's ability to refine its responses. It also highlights user feedback options, such as modifying the response for length, simplicity, or formality, and a 'double-check response' feature that searches Google for additional information. The video concludes with the presenter's initial positive impression of Gemini Ultra but acknowledges uncertainty about whether it surpasses GPT 4. The presenter invites viewers to share their thoughts on the model's differentiating features and to request further testing.
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💡Real-time Data
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Highlights
Google has released Gemini Ultra 1.0, a new AI model that could potentially disrupt chat GPT's dominance.
The new model is called Gemini Advanced and is part of the Gemini brand, which also includes Gemini Pro and Ultra 1.0.
A dedicated mobile app for Android has been launched, with an iOS version coming soon.
Gemini Advanced can converse in over 40 languages across more than 230 countries and territories.
The model is capable of handling complex tasks such as coding, logical reasoning, and creative collaboration.
Gemini Advanced is available as part of Google One AI Premium plan for $20 per month, the same price as chat GPT plus.
Users get a two-month free trial, along with two terabytes of Google storage.
AI premium subscribers will soon have access to Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and more.
The mobile app for Gemini is initially available for Android, with an iOS version planned for the near future.
The app offers an overlay experience for easy access to Gemini and contextual help on the screen.
Gemini Advanced has a familiar interface similar to chat GPT and includes extensions for accessing various Google services.
The model is designed to be faster than GPT 4 and provides a better output experience without streaming.
Gemini Advanced failed to create a snake game in Python on the first attempt but attempted to correct the issue.
The model demonstrated strong logical reasoning in a shirt-drying scenario, assuming uniform drying conditions.
Gemini Advanced incorrectly responded to a word count prompt, similar to other models.
The model provided a correct answer to a logic problem involving three killers in a room.
Gemini Advanced offers unique features such as modifying responses and double-checking responses with Google search.
The model's multimodal capabilities were tested with image analysis, providing multiple drafts of responses for accuracy.
Gemini Advanced's testing shows promise, but it is unclear if it surpasses GPT 4 based on initial tests.
