Gemini 1.5 Flash can also provide access to over 40 languages including English
Google introduces Gemini 1.5 Flash, its new updated version of Gemini. Now Gemini AI chatbot will be able to respond to you more quickly and process more content in prompts. All thanks to the upgrade to the company’s Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model.
Google explained that with the update Gemini’s context window (the amount of chunks of text that an AI model can process at once) is also getting quadrupled to 32K tokens. The feature is the freely accessible on web interface at gemini.google.com.
Introducing Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google had initially introduced Gemini 1.5 during the Google I/O 2024. With this update Google aims to provide users with an easy to use large language model (LLMs). It is believed that with Gemini 1.5 Flash Google aims to compete against OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini.
“With the upgrade to 1.5 Flash, you’ll see across-the-board improvements in quality and latency, with especially noticeable improvements in reasoning and image understanding,” Amar Subramanya, VP of engineering, Gemini, explained in a blog post.In addition to this, Gemini 1.5 Flash can also provide access to over 40 languages including English.
Furthermore, in addition to this Google highlighted that it aims to reduce ‘AI-hallucinations’. But what does the term mean and what impact does it have? ‘AI hallucinations’ can create mishap by providing wrong answers to your questions. In order to avoid this Gemini 1.5 will be providing citations to all of its responses.
Other updates
According to the official blog, Subramanya said that you will soon be able to upload files to the free version of its Gemini AI chatbot. This feature was previously possible only in the paid version. Additionally, the uploading files can be done to support contextual prompts. For example it’s possible to upload an image and ask the model questions about it, Google explained.
Google also announced that it will be rolling out Gemini in Google Messages to the European Economic Area (EEA), UK and Switzerland. With this you can chat in newly added languages such as French, Polish and Spanish. So how can you access the feature? Here’s how you can:
- All you need to do is, just click the “Start chat” button in Messages
- Next select Gemini to start brainstorming ideas, planning trips and more.
- Note that while using this feature you don’t need to leave the Google Messages app.
Google further explained that in the coming weeks it will expand the features and availability of the Gemini 1.5 to teenagers across the world. As of now, teenagers having a Google account can use Gemini just as a research tool.
Source:financialexpress.com