A new version of Google’s flagship AI model shows how the company sees AI transforming personal computing, web search, and perhaps the way people interact with the physical world.
Google once only wanted to organize the world’s information. Now it seems more intent on shoveling that information into artificial intelligence algorithms that become dutiful, ever-present, and increasingly powerful virtual helpers. Google today announced Gemini 2, a new version of its flagship AI model that has been trained to plan and execute tasks on a user’s computers and the web, and which can chat like a person and make sense of the physical world as a virtual butler.
was given a live demo at Google DeepMind’s headquarters in London. The agent was asked to help plan a meal, which saw it navigate to the website of the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, log in to a user’s account, and then add relevant items to their shopping basket. When certain items were unavailable the model chose suitable replacements based on its own knowledge about cooking. Google declined to perform other tasks, suggesting it remains a work in progress.
tested Gemini 2 at Google DeepMind’s offices and found it to be an impressive new kind of personal assistant. In a room decorated to look like a bar, Gemini 2 quickly assessed several wine bottles in view, providing geographical information, details of taste characteristics, and pricing sourced from the web. “One of the things I want Astra to do is be the ultimate recommendation system,” Hassabis says. “It could be very exciting.
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