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Google has been attempting to play catchup to OpenAI in generative synthetic intelligence. It seems to lastly be gaining floor with customers.
The corporate’s Gemini app took the highest spot amongst free apps on Apple’s App Retailer this week, leapfrogging ChatGPT, which kickstarted the generative AI increase virtually three years in the past.
Google’s Gemini AI mannequin has seen some current updates which have lured new customers. Final month, Google launched an up to date model of its “Flash” AI mannequin, referred to as 2.5 Flash Picture, which has a brand new picture enhancing characteristic referred to as Nano Banana. The app permits customers to mix a number of pictures collectively and use prompts to create issues like digital collectible figurines of pictures {that a} consumer uploads.
The product helped usher in 13 million new customers to the Gemini app, based on a social media put up final week from Josh Woodward, head of the Gemini app. Customers have uploaded 500 million pictures into the Gemini app, the put up stated. Woodward stated in a separate put up that his group needed to enact momentary utilization limits over the weekend after experiencing extra demand.
As of July, the final time the corporate disclosed numbers, the Gemini app had greater than 450 million month-to-month lively customers, CEO Sundar Pichai stated within the firm’s second-quarter earnings report.
Google’s improved traction in shopper AI has additionally attracted investor curiosity.
On Monday, Alphabet grew to become the fourth member of the $3 trillion membership, becoming a member of Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple. Alphabet shares are up 33% this yr, in contrast with a 16% acquire for the Nasdaq.
The corporate additionally acquired a lift earlier this month from a positive antitrust ruling that enables Google to maintain its Chrome browser.
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