Amidst the frenzy that is the generative AI market, major players are fiercely vying for the shiniest product. For its part, Google, traditionally a more measured participant in this race, unveiled a teaser video for their Gemini large language model this week. However, things took a controversial turn when reports revealed the video was not actually a real time representation of the AI in action.
In the demo video released by Google, the showcased AI model shows its multimodal capabilities, demonstrating an ability to deftly decipher and handle information gleaned from live video and audio. It's a formidable achievement for Google, particularly in the fierce arena of competition against the likes of OpenAI, where it has lagged behind. However, as reported by Bloomberg, the showcased demo was crafted by “using still image frames from the footage, and prompting via text," rather than the real-time and vocal and video processing it seemed to achieve.
