Google has released the first version of its Gemini 2.0 family of artificial intelligence models.
Gemini 2.0 Flash, as the model is called, is available in chat version for users globally while an experimental multimodal version of the model, with text-to-speech and image generation features, is available to developers.
Google’s latest large language model outperforms its predecessors in the majority of user request areas, such as code generation and the ability to provide factually correct responses from user requests.
The multimodal version of Gemini Flash 2.0 will be available via the Google’s AI Studio and Vertex AI developer platforms.
The company said it also plans to expand Gemini 2.0 to more Google products in early 2025.
Gemini 2.0 represents Google’s latest efforts in the tech industry’s increasingly competitive AI race.
Google is competing against the likes of rivals like tech giants Microsoft and Meta and startups like OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT.