We’ve been investing heavily in AI for years because it’s the best way for us to improve search and all of our products. We are excited about the progress, for example with our Search Generative Experience (SGE), which users in selected countries can enjoy Google Labs can try out. AI is now also central to two business areas that have grown rapidly in recent years: our cloud and workspace services, and our popular subscription service Google One, which is approaching 100 million subscribers.
A new state of the art
In December, we took a significant step in our journey to make AI more useful for everyone with the start of the Gemini era, setting a new state of the art across a wide range of text, image, audio and video benchmarks . However, Gemini is evolving to be more than just the models. It supports an entire ecosystem – from the products billions of people use every day to the APIs and platforms that help developers and companies innovate.
The largest model, Ultra 1.0, is the first to surpass human experts in MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding), using a combination of 57 subjects – including mathematics, physics, history, law, medicine and ethics – to develop knowledge and problem-solving skills to test.
Today we’re taking the next step and bringing Ultra into our products – and into the world.
Introducing Gemini Advanced
Bard was the best way for people to experience our most powerful models firsthand. To reflect the advanced technology at its core, we will now call Bard Gemini. It’s available online in 40 languages and launches today in English in the US (more countries to come) in a new Gemini app for Android and the Google app for iOS.
The Ultra version will be called Gemini Advanced, a new user experience that is much better at reasoning, following instructions, programming and collaborating creatively. For example, Gemini Advanced can be used as a personal learning aid tailored to your learning style. Or can be a creative aid to help you plan a content strategy or create a business plan. You can read more in this post.
To use Gemini Advanced (currently only in English in Germany), simply subscribe to the new one Google One AI Premium-Subscription that brings the best of Google’s AI capabilities in a single place. This premium subscription builds on the popular Google One service and offers expanded storage and exclusive product features.