AI developers have been trying to crack the digital personal assistant nut for a while, offering a service that's smart, easy to interact with and always on call. Gemini Live, announced at Made by Google earlier this week, is Google's new attempt to do this, so I gave this AI a 24-hour trial to see how close it gets to being truly useful.
While I'm not used to chatting directly with AI assistants beyond asking them to set timers while I'm cooking, I wanted to see what the benefit is of having an open-ended conversation with one like Gemini could be. And after this day of testing, I'm at least confident in the value of speaking with AI like this, even if I have less faith in some of the answers it gives at the moment.
