What Google CEO Sundar Pichai has to say on Gemini

Google has launched its Gemini AI model, rendering untrue all reports about the delay in the debut of the company’s answer to OpenAI GPT-4. At the launch of Gemini, both Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Google DeepMind chief and co-founder Demis Hassabis wrote a note introducing the company’s “largest and most capable AI model.”

Pichai said that Gemini 1.0 is “the first realisation of the vision” the company had when it formed Google DeepMind by merging DeepMind and Google Brain teams earlier this year. He noted that this new era of models represents “one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company.”

Gemini 1.0 is launched in three sizes – Ultra, Pro and Nano – that are optimised for undertaking different tasks.

Here’s the noted from Pichai:
Every technology shift is an opportunity to advance scientific discovery, accelerate human progress, and improve lives. I believe the transition we are seeing right now with AI will be the most profound in our lifetimes, far bigger than the shift to mobile or to the web before it. AI has the potential to create opportunities — from the everyday to the extraordinary — for people everywhere. It will bring new waves of innovation and economic progress and drive knowledge, learning, creativity and productivity on a scale we haven’t seen before.That’s what excites me: the chance to make AI helpful for everyone, everywhere in the world.Nearly eight years into our journey as an AI-first company, the pace of progress is only accelerating: Millions of people are now using generative AI across our products to do things they couldn’t even a year ago, from finding answers to more complex questions to using new tools to collaborate and create. At the same time, developers are using our models and infrastructure to build new generative AI applications, and startups and enterprises around the world are growing with our AI tools.This is incredible momentum, and yet, we’re only beginning to scratch the surface of what’s possible.We’re approaching this work boldly and responsibly. That means being ambitious in our research and pursuing the capabilities that will bring enormous benefits to people and society, while building in safeguards and working collaboratively with governments and experts to address risks as AI becomes more capable. And we continue to invest in the very best tools, foundation models and infrastructure and bring them to our products and to others, guided by our AI Principles.Now, we’re taking the next step on our journey with Gemini, our most capable and general model yet, with state-of-the-art performance across many leading benchmarks. Our first version, Gemini 1.0, is optimized for different sizes: Ultra, Pro and Nano. These are the first models of the Gemini era and the first realization of the vision we had when we formed Google DeepMind earlier this year. This new era of models represents one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company. I’m genuinely excited for what’s ahead, and for the opportunities Gemini will unlock for people everywhere.– Sundar