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Gemini

🌎 gemini.google.com

Gemini is an AI-powered application developed by Google that assists users in various tasks such as writing, planning, and learning. It integrates with Google products to enhance productivity through features like AI Overviews in Search, writing assistance in Gmail and Docs, and organizational help in Sheets and Slides.

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Gemini - Latest News and Updates

• Google has introduced a cost-effective pricing strategy for Gemini AI models, setting the price at $0.019 per million tokens.
• As of February 6, 2025, developers can access Google's Imagen 3 image generation model through the Gemini API, initially for paid users with a free tier rollout planned.
• Gemini now displays notifications like phone calls on some Pixel smartphones, making it easier to see when the AI is live and allowing users to hang up or put it on hold.
• Gemini now allows users to access extensions and perform tasks hands-free from the lock screen without accessing personal information.
• In December 2023, Google released an updated version of Bard using a new LLM named Gemini, claiming it outperformed OpenAI's GPT-4.

• Google's CEO Sundar Pichai hinted at potential native ad concepts for Gemini, which could become a major AI-powered advertising platform.
• Google had to correct a Gemini AI Super Bowl ad that inaccurately claimed Gouda cheese is the most popular in the world.
• Google removed a false statistic about Gouda cheese from a Gemini ad planned for the Super Bowl after it was traced back to an unreliable source.

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