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

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Post by raphar »

patwolf wrote: post #453

I just tried out Gemini advanced to see if it was a viable replacement for ChatGPT. In general I've been trying to lessen my dependence on Google, so I was already on the fence about using this. It seemed fine for most of the coding problems I threw at it. However, when I tried to use it for generating images of coloring book pages, something my kids often use ChatGPT for, Gemini advanced was subpar. I'm going to can…

They need that info. Your prompts and all other people prompts are super valuable.

Its basically reading your personal thoughts as you go through the day.

They will be pushing for more advanced AI as soon as our hardware can run past versions locally.

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

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Post by htrp »

spankalee wrote: post #460
tarvaina wrote: post #299

Did I get this right? Bard – old name of their generative AI service, to be called Gemini Duet AI – old name for their generative AI in Google Workspace, to be called Gemini Gemini – three things: 1. the name of their models (like GPT). 2. the new name of their free service (like ChatGPT), gives access to Pro 1.0 but not Ultra 1.0. 3. the new name of the Generative AI tools in Google Workspace. Gemini Advanced – the…

I'm a Googler, and I think this is not only the right move but I've of the better names and renamings that the company has done. First, Gemini is just a better sounding name than Bard. And then, few users are going to care about the difference between the model and the app that lets you use the model. If Google kept this distinction they would have inevitably had to either come up with a new name for a new model, whi…

>I'm a Googler, and I think this is not only the right move but I've of the better names and renamings that the company has done.

>First, Gemeni is just a better sounding name than Bard.

>And then, few years are going to care about the difference between the model and the app that lets you use the model. If Google kept this distinction they would have inevitably had to either come up with a new name for a new model, which would be needlessly confusing (when is something a new model would get tricky at times), or just call all models Gemeni, again for little utility to users.

>Now they can just call all the generative AI Gemeni and be five with it. Bard becomes the Gemeni chat interface. Duet is Gemeni integrated into docs. The Gemeni model can just get version numbers.

>It's much simpler and nicer sounding to boot.

It would be a little bit more confidence inspiring if you could get the name correct as a Googler.

Unless Gemeni is the top secret internal name inside Mountain View

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

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Post by spankalee »

htrp wrote: post #463
spankalee wrote: post #460

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a Googler, and I think this is not only the right move but I've of the better names and renamings that the company has done. First, Gemini is just a better sounding name than Bard. And then, few users are going to care about the difference between the model and the app that lets you use the model. If Google kept this distinction they would have inevitably had to either come up with a new name for a new model, whi…

>I'm a Googler, and I think this is not only the right move but I've of the better names and renamings that the company has done. >First, Gemeni is just a better sounding name than Bard. >And then, few years are going to care about the difference between the model and the app that lets you use the model. If Google kept this distinction they would have inevitably had to either come up with a new name for a new model,…

I don't work on it, but thanks for the kind correction!

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

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Post by lordswork »

tarvaina wrote: post #299

Did I get this right? Bard – old name of their generative AI service, to be called Gemini Duet AI – old name for their generative AI in Google Workspace, to be called Gemini Gemini – three things: 1. the name of their models (like GPT). 2. the new name of their free service (like ChatGPT), gives access to Pro 1.0 but not Ultra 1.0. 3. the new name of the Generative AI tools in Google Workspace. Gemini Advanced – the…

More simply, with Bard and Duet AI names retired, it looks like this:

   Gemini Models     gemini.google.com
   ------------------------------------
   Gemini Nano
   Gemini Pro        -> Gemini (free)
   Gemini Ultra      -> Gemini Advanced ($20/month)
Where each size (Nano, Pro, and Ultra) will be versioned going forward (similar to GPT-2,3,3.5,4) starting at 1.0 today.

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

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

skywhopper wrote: post #383
islewis wrote: post #361

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Messy branding is now par for the course at Apple. The iPad line alone is something out of a Dell catalog: iPad, iPad 10thgen, iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Pro. a comment from another thread this morning- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39300741

I mean, Air, Mini, and Pro are all distinct form factors. It's confusing only to the extent that you might not know which one is "best" from a CPU/memory/storage POV. But Apple has succeeded for iOS products at least at making that distinction mostly meaningless: pick the form factor you want, then pick the storage capacity and sometimes the color, you're done.

The iPad Air is not a distinct form factor from the iPad.

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

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Post by jug »

tarvaina wrote: post #299

Did I get this right? Bard – old name of their generative AI service, to be called Gemini Duet AI – old name for their generative AI in Google Workspace, to be called Gemini Gemini – three things: 1. the name of their models (like GPT). 2. the new name of their free service (like ChatGPT), gives access to Pro 1.0 but not Ultra 1.0. 3. the new name of the Generative AI tools in Google Workspace. Gemini Advanced – the…

My favorite is that you subscribe to Gemini Advanced to gain access to Gemini Pro.
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