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Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by buro9 »

rvnx wrote: post #29
buro9 wrote: post #26

Seems to be a lot of dead-ends (I only have a GSuite account via work, and cannot view the page without a Google account, and it doesn't seem to work with a GSuite account). What _is_ Gemini Ultra?

An improved version of Bard; Bard which is for known for being inferior to competitors like ChatGPT or Claude for now. This Ultra is interesting in a way that we will know if Google's tech is more like Siri or more like ChatGPT.

Aha, I wonder why they chose to advertise it in such an obstructive way. It seems like they're not even saying what it is, let alone why one might want to use it.

Given the URL included one.google.com , I assume it's for individuals only?

Reminds me of this which I wrote 5-6 years ago... seemingly still true https://medium.com/@buro9/one-account-all-of-google-4d292906... , though since then I've almost completely de-Googled (due to Google being Google).

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by hackerlight »

Etheryte wrote: post #10

ChatGPT Plus, the service everyone will be comparing this to, currently costs $20/mo. At $22/mo, can Gemini Ultra justify the price difference? There are many conflicting reports on the ebbs and flows of ChatGPT's quality, are there any good comparisons on how the two compare in practice?

Google's marketing materials said it's slightly better than GPT-4 across benchmarks. I'll be checking leaderboards on Huggingface over the next few days for independent confirmation.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by antupis »

LoKSET wrote: post #37
kashnote wrote: post #9

Aaand I got a 404 after you subscribe and get redirected to gemini.google.com. Nice job Google

Same, but I can access Advanced here anyway https://bard.google.com/chat

yup same here, I think subscribing 'works' but Google just botched the launch.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by kthartic »

lol768 wrote: post #34

Title may be (unintentionally) misleading if, post-subscription, it consistently 404s for everyone! I'll be interested to see some independent comparisons against OpenAI's models, but like everything AI-related Google has done recently, it feels like it's all a bit too little too late - and this is the latest bungled product launch.. In the UK, it states: > £18.99/month Which is about 20% more than I currently pay to…

> Which is about 20% more than I currently pay to OpenAI.

ChatGPT Plus (which I assume is what they're competing with) is the same price - £18.99.

Actually not a bad deal considering I'm already paying for Google One (for gdrive storage), so I can just combine the two services for the same price as ChatGPT.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by [deleted] »

mritchie712 wrote: post #23
Etheryte wrote: post #10

ChatGPT Plus, the service everyone will be comparing this to, currently costs $20/mo. At $22/mo, can Gemini Ultra justify the price difference? There are many conflicting reports on the ebbs and flows of ChatGPT's quality, are there any good comparisons on how the two compare in practice?

Your feedback has been noted... I was just shown this pricing: $19.99 $0 for 2 months, $19.99/month after

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Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by lol768 »

kthartic wrote: post #44
lol768 wrote: post #34

Title may be (unintentionally) misleading if, post-subscription, it consistently 404s for everyone! I'll be interested to see some independent comparisons against OpenAI's models, but like everything AI-related Google has done recently, it feels like it's all a bit too little too late - and this is the latest bungled product launch.. In the UK, it states: > £18.99/month Which is about 20% more than I currently pay to…

> Which is about 20% more than I currently pay to OpenAI. ChatGPT Plus (which I assume is what they're competing with) is the same price - £18.99. Actually not a bad deal considering I'm already paying for Google One (for gdrive storage), so I can just combine the two services for the same price as ChatGPT.

> ChatGPT Plus (which I assume is what they're competing with) is the same price - £18.99.

Odd - they're billing me $20 in USD, which works out at about £15 something. I'm using a card with no currency conversion mark-up.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by TechRemarker »

"Sorry, Gemini Advanced isn't available for you". Why are Google paying customers always the last to get everything. Always thought that should be reversed. Especially for one person users who use it for the customer domain and not running a fortune 500 company. So frustrating. Google Home is still a mess where if one if Google Work and the rest of the family is not won't work after all these years. So frustrating.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by TechRemarker »

dorianmariefr wrote: post #5

"Sorry, Gemini Advanced isn't available for you" "Gemini Advanced is not yet available in some countries, for work accounts, or for users under a certain age." Learn more: https://login.corp.google.com/request?s=support.corp.google....

Google Work Paying users always get the short end of the stick.
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