Poor Google. What used to be possibly the best business in human history has taken a few heavy body blows after the rise of generative AI, with the folks in Mountain View no longer looking like the obvious winners of the internet age. Though they were instrumental in building our current AI moment, companies like OpenAI are hogging the limelight.

But they've been trying to wrestle that crown back. This month, Google announced Gemini, the model it hopes will challenge OpenAI. But will it? It already seems like it won't be that easy. We discuss.

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The demonstration video
Google just launched a new AI and has already admitted at least one demo wasn’t real - The Verge

Poor Google. What used to be possibly the best business in human history has taken a few heavy body blows after the rise of generative AI, with the folks in Mountain View no longer looking like the obvious winners of the internet age. Though they were instrumental in building our current AI moment, companies like OpenAI are hogging the limelight.
But they've been trying to wrestle that crown back. This month, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23990466/google-gemini-llm-ai-model">Google announced Gemini</a>, the model it hopes will challenge OpenAI. But will it? It already seems like it won't be that easy. We discuss.
Links
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZAiXYceBI">The demonstration video</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992737/google-gemini-misrepresentation-ai-accusation">Google just launched a new AI and has already admitted at least one demo wasn’t real - The Verge</a></li>
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