Why Google Believes DeepMind’s Gemini Model Will Usurp ChatGPT

Google's AI offshoot DeepMind has unveiled its latest creation: an advanced chatbot named Gemini. According to DeepMind's founder Demis Hassabis, Gemini improves on existing chatbots by combining DeepMind's reinforcement learning techniques with large language models.

"At a high level, you can think of Gemini as combining some of the strengths of AlphaGo-type systems with the amazing language capabilities of large models. We also have some new innovations that are going to be rather interesting," Hassabis told Wired.

Reinforcement learning involves training an AI system by rewarding desired behaviours and discouraging unwanted ones. DeepMind has used this technique to build game-playing AIs like AlphaGo, which beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol in 2016. Gemini applies similar principles to learn how to conduct natural conversations.

Gemini is DeepMind's most sophisticated chatbot to date. It was developed in response to Google's existing chatbot, which has failed to impress. Gemini has involved close collaboration between DeepMind and Google AI, including with Jeff Dean, Google's head of AI and one of the world's leading computer scientists.

At Google's I/O developer conference in May, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai revealed Gemini to attendees. "Gemini was created from the ground up to be multimodal, highly efficient at tool and API integrations and built to enable future innovations, like long-term memory and planning," Pichai wrote in a blog post.

Pichai added: "While still early days, we're already seeing impressive multimodal capabilities not seen in prior models. Once rigorously tested for safety, Gemini will be available to users at various sizes and capabilities to suit different needs."

Hassabis said that Gemini will eventually be able to conduct complex conversations, answer questions, phone businesses to make appointments and more. However, he emphasised that ensuring AI systems like Gemini are safe and beneficial is DeepMind's top priority before releasing them. "We want to get this right before unleashing it on users," Hassabis said.

DeepMind, founded in London, was acquired by Google in 2014 and is dedicated to developing artificial general intelligence in a safe and controllable fashion. Gemini is their latest step towards building systems that can perform human-like tasks with natural language.

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