Google Extends Launch Timeline for Gemini AI Model

Delhi : Google revealed at Google I/O 2023 that it was developing "Gemini," a next-generation AI model. Next week, the tech giant was supposed to reveal its rival to GPT-4, but a recent report indicates that Google may be delaying the launch until January 2024.

Gemini: What exactly is it?

The tech company made it plain that Gemini would be the most potent model it had ever worked on when it unveiled it at Google I/O in May of this year. Google claims that Gemini, which is based on PaLM 2 and is overseen by the Brain Team and DeepMind, will be "multimodal," or able to work with various content types, including text and images, as well as possess planning and memory skills.

In addition to being used internally by Google on all of its products, Gemini will be available in different sizes and capacities and may integrate multiple AI models. It will also be made available to cloud customers and developers. The next generation AI model will be "highly efficient with tools and API integrations," according to Pichai's additional statement.

Google's current AI-powered products, including Search, Google Assistant, and the well-liked chatbot Bard, are anticipated to be powered by the upcoming AI model.

The Information, citing sources, claims that Gemini was having trouble processing queries that were not in English, which is what led Google CEO Sundar Pichai to postpone the launch date until January of next year. The report continues by stating that Google has "met that standard in some respects" and that support for multiple languages is crucial for the company to match or even exceed OpenAI's GPT-4.

Pichai stated last month that while the company is working to finalise the largest version of the next-generation AI model, it is prioritising releasing Gemini 1.0 as soon as possible.