The AI-powered chatbot Gemini App, developed by tech giant Google, is now available in more than 150 countries and territories, including India.
Google announced on its support page that it will soon be releasing the app in more languages, regions, and languages. The app is currently accessible in Japanese, Korean, and English.
Currently, more than 150 nations provide the English, Japanese, and Korean versions of the Gemini mobile apps. The support page stated, “We’ll progressively extend to other languages, nations, and territories in a way that is consistent with local laws and our AI principles.
Less than a week has passed since the internet giant introduced a stand-alone app for Android users and changed the name of its chatbot, formerly known as Bard, to Gemini. Additionally, it announced the launch of Gemini Advanced, an INR 1,950 subscription-based chatbot service in India.
Google Gemini is the next generation of large language models (LLMs) from the computer giant that are multimodal, meaning they can operate with more than just text. Gemini, developed by Google’s AI research centers DeepMind and Google Research, can process a variety of input types, including English, audio, code, and video.
In addition to responding to voice commands, the recently released smartphone software can create graphics, compose emails, analyze private images, compose poetry, and much more.
It is important to remember that the Gemini app is not the same as the Gemini LLMs, since the latter is the technology that powers the former, much like GPT is ChatGPT. In December of last year, Gemini’s first version, 1.0, was unveiled.
After releasing the Gemini 1.0 Ultra last week, the tech giant announced on Friday, February 16, that it was prepared to launch the Gemini 1.5, the next iteration of its LLM.
“Our staff keep pushing the boundaries of our newest models while keeping safety as our top priority. They are moving forward quickly. Actually, Gemini 1.5, the next version, is about to be unveiled. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, stated on Friday that “it shows dramatic improvements across a number of dimensions and 1.5 Pro achieves comparable quality to 1.0 Ultra, while using less compute.”
This trend coincides with India’s GenAI market’s growing acceptance by businesses and the general public. Many domestic AI firms have emerged as a result, hoping to capitalize on the expanding environment. Notable examples include SarvamAI and Krutrim, founded by Bhavish Aggarwal, which have recently garnered millions of dollars in funding.
After a $50 million funding round last month, Krutrim even became a unicorn.
The country’s booming GenAI sector, which Inc42 projects could top $17 billion by 2030, is at the center of it all. According to the same research, more than 70 GenAI startups with headquarters in India have raised more than $440 million between 2019 and Q3 2023.
