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Gemini

Google’s AI assistant, launched as Bard in March 2023 and renamed Gemini in February 2024, and the name of Google’s AI model family.

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Contents
  1. What it is
  2. History
  3. Your privacy
  4. Timeline
  5. Sources

What it is

Gemini is Google’s AI assistant, available as an app and built into Android, Gmail, Docs and other Google products. The same name is used for the AI models, built by Google DeepMind, that power it.

History

Google launched its chatbot as Bard in March 2023. It introduced the Gemini model family in December 2023 and renamed Bard to Gemini on February 8, 2024.

Your privacy

Because Gemini can connect to your Google account, check which apps and data it can access in your Gemini settings.

Timeline

  1. Google opens access to Bard, its AI chatbot.

  2. Google introduces the Gemini family of AI models.

  3. Google renames Bard to Gemini.

Sources

  1. Introducing Gemini, Google
  2. Why Google renamed Bard to Gemini, VKTR
  3. Google Gemini, Wikipedia

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