Google Gemini (formerly Bard) is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service that is similar to the popular ChatGPT. Gemini is integrated with Google Search so that you can get more detailed answers to your queries.

What Is It?

Like ChatGPT, you can converse with Google Gemini in complete sentences and ask factual and subtle questions. Its connection to Google Search helps provide the freshest and latest information. This timeliness of results is a distinction that makes it stand apart from ChatGPT. 

For instance, you can ask Gemini to:

• Plan a friend's baby shower
• Compare two Oscar-nominated movies
  
• Get lunch ideas based on what's in your fridge

Gemini will simplify these complex answers and give you practical suggestions to apply.  

Not all responses will be mere factual answers. Google wants to meet the expectations of searchers by offering deeper insights and in simpler words that can be understood by a nine-year-old. 

For users on the Google Search page, Gemini follows the same conversational approach as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Bing's AI search. Additionally, it draws on Google's huge search engine index while it uses artificial intelligence to synthesize fresh responses to any question. 

Who Built Google Gemini?

Gemini is based on Google's longstanding work on language models since it open-sourced its first Transformer neural network architecture in 2017. Language models are AI and machine learning applications that synthesize vast amounts of text and predict the next words which help them carry out an open-ended exchange with the user. AI chatbots like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Bing AI differ in the language models they use in the background and how they use it.

PaLM 2 (Pathways Language Model 2) is the system that powers Google Gemini. As the platform evolves, so will the artificial intelligence tools that will run Google Search in the future. 

How Does Google Gemini Impact Me?

You can ask Google Gemini real-time questions. But unlike traditional keyword searches, your questions can also be complex and nuanced. 

It might change your old search habits and the entire nature of online search. It's integrated into every Google product like Android, Google Drive, and Google Maps. For instance, you can not only use it for a factual search ("How many keys does a piano have?") but also to understand deeper questions like, "Is the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?"

Gemini helps you manage information overload by providing the big picture and the option to dive deeper into the topic. As it's integrated into other Google products, you can expect it to help you find the best function in a Google Sheet or design quick Google Slides around content. 

How Can I Try Google Gemini?

Go to gemini.google.com and sign in to your Google Account to start using Gemini. You can start chatting right away. Return to that page anytime you want to have a conversation.

The next time you use Google Search and other Google services, look for a prompt to turn on AI. If you don't see the option on the Search page, Google has instructions for enabling AI search results.

• Is Google Gemini free to use?

  Yes. The only thing that's required to use Gemini is a Google account.

• Does Google Gemini have any competitors?

  The most well-known competitor is ChatGPT, but other AI chatbots include Bing AI and YouChat.