Gemini AI now gets faster and more powerful with Google’s new update
Gemini 1.5 Flash artificial intelligence (AI) model will now power the Gemini chatbot, Google announced on Thursday. With the update, the free version of the AI chatbot on the web and in-app will now be powered by the new model. Previously, the chatbot was powered by the Gemini 1.0 Pro large language (LLM) model. The tech giant claims that the new model is faster and more efficient compared to its predecessor. Notably, the update arrives just days after Meta added new capabilities to Meta AI.
Gemini 1.5 Flash Features
The tech giant announced the rollout of the new AI model in Gemini’s release notes. According to the post, Gemini 1.5 Flash increases the chatbot’s context window from the previous 8,000 tokens to 32,000 tokens. With the upgraded context window, Gemini should be able to handle more complex queries and add more context to the generated responses.
First announced by the company during its Google I/O event in May, the Google 1.5 Flash is a lightweight model derived from the Gemini 1.5 Pro. At the time, the company emphasized that the Flash model prioritizes speed and reduces input and output processing costs.
As a result, it will be cheaper for Google to run the new AI model. The tech giant said the new AI model will be available in 40 languages across 230 countries. It will be available on both its web portal and mobile app.
In addition to performance, Gemini AI will now show additional information about topics within the generated comments. The links the AI uses to retrieve the information will also be displayed at the end of a paragraph in a rectangular preview box. Users can see part of the web page header and URL in the box.
Additionally, the tech giant is also rolling out Gemini to Google Messages in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, and Switzerland. Select devices will support all 40 languages recently added with the Gemini 1.5 Flash update.
