The Evolution of Bard to Gemini: A Journey of Growth and Improvement
Early Beginnings
In 2023, Google AI introduced Bard, a factual language model that could generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Since then, Bard has undergone numerous updates and improvements, leading to its recent renaming to Gemini.
Key Updates
February 2024: Integration with Google Apps and Image Generation
Bard was renamed to Gemini, and it was announced that it would be integrated with Google apps like Gmail, Maps, and YouTube. Additionally, Gemini gained the ability to create images.
January 2024: Access to Google Apps and Services
Bard was renamed to Gemini, and it gained the ability to access helpful information from Google apps and services, including YouTube, Hotels, Flights, and Maps. Users could now collaborate with Gemini on their content in Gmail, Docs, and Drive, and it could generate charts from data included in prompts or from tables that Gemini generates.
December 2023: Creative Text Formats and Translation
Bard received several updates, including the ability to understand and summarize YouTube videos, generate more creative text formats like poems and code, and translate between more languages. Additionally, users can now access Bard through Workspace accounts and export Bard-generated content to Google Docs and Gmail.
November 2023: YouTube and Email Summarization
Bard received several updates, including the ability to understand and respond to YouTube videos, summarize more emails at once, and generate charts from data. Additionally, users can now upload images with Google Lens and Bard can read responses out loud in over 40 languages.
October 2023: Data Summarization and Response Modification
Bard received several updates, including the ability to summarize more emails at once, understand when users are asking for recent emails, and generate charts from data. Additionally, users can now modify Bard’s responses to be simpler, longer, shorter, more professional, or more casual.
September 2023: Real-Time Information Access
Bard gained the ability to access and process information from real-time sources like Maps, YouTube, Hotels, and Flights. This allowed users to pull together information across different sources to bring ideas to life more easily. Additionally, Bard could now summarize more emails at once and better understand requests for recent emails. Users could also upload images with Google Lens and incorporate them into their conversations.
May 2023: Concise Summaries and Multilingual Support
Bard gained the ability to summarize information more concisely. It also improved its ability to identify the parts of its responses that matched different sources. Additionally, it could now generate responses in Japanese and Korean. Other updates included the ability to export content to Google Docs and Gmail, switch to a dark theme, and help with coding in over 20 programming languages.
April 2023: Coding Assistance
Bard gained the ability to help with coding in over 20 programming languages, including generating, exporting, and debugging code, as well as explaining how code works. Bard also improved its capabilities for math and logic.
Conclusion
The evolution of Bard to Gemini represents a significant step forward in the development of AI assistants. Gemini is now more powerful, versatile, and informative than ever before, and it is sure to continue to evolve and improve in the years to come.
FAQs
- What is the main difference between Bard and Gemini?
Bard was initially introduced in 2023, while Gemini is the updated version with additional features and improvements. - What are some of the key updates to Gemini?
Some of the key updates include the ability to access Google apps and services, generate creative text formats, and help with coding in over 20 programming languages. - Can I use Gemini for free?
Yes, Gemini is available for free, but some features may require a Google Workspace account.
