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Google Unveils Gemini AI App for Smartphones, Challenging Microsoft

FILE - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2024, introduced a free artificial i

Google has unveiled its latest development in artificial intelligence (AI) with the introduction of the Gemini app. This free app aims to bring the power of AI to smartphones, allowing users to connect to a digital brain that can assist with various tasks such as writing, interpretation, and life management.

Gemini, named after an AI project Google revealed last year, replaces the previously introduced Bard chatbot. With this move, Google hopes to catch up to ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by the Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI in 2022. The standalone Gemini app is now available for smartphones using Google's Android software. In a few weeks, Google plans to integrate Gemini's features into its existing search app for iPhones, despite Apple's preference for users relying on its Siri voice assistant.

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