Google on Tuesday said its AI assistant Gemini is now available as an app for Android smartphone users in India, with support for English, Hindi and eight other Indian languages.
For iPhone users, access to Gemini will be rolled out via the Google app in the next few weeks, according to a blog post by Amar Subramanya, engineering vice president, Gemini Experience.
“Gemini, your AI assistant from Google, has had an exciting first year in India… From students to developers and many other curious minds, people in India are embracing Gemini’s capabilities to enhance their productivity, learning and creativity in everyday life,” Subramanya wrote. Additionally, users of Gemini Advanced in India will now be able to access the features of Gemini 1.5 Pro, Google’s latest next-gen AI (artificial intelligence) model.
The expanded capabilities of Gemini Advanced will allow users to upload multiple large documents and emails for quick summaries, feedback and actionable insights.
Subramaniam said, “As always, privacy is a top priority. Gemini keeps your files private to you, and they are not used to train our models.” Google said the Gemini feature will also be added to Google Messages on select devices.
Earlier this year, the generative AI platform faced controversies over its “fascist Modi” responses and anti-white bias. In February this year, a journalist had shared a screenshot in which Gemini was asked a question about Modi. In response, Gemini made disparaging comments about him, but became cautious when the same question was asked about Trump and Zelensky.
Google had then said that it worked quickly to resolve the issue and admitted that the chatbot “may not always be reliable” in responding to certain prompts related to current events and political topics.
Rajiv Chandrasekhar, then minister of state for IT, had warned Google that people of India “should not experiment” with untrusted platforms and algorithms and “it is the legal obligation of the platform to ensure safety and trust”.
In a latest post on social media platform X on Monday, the former Union minister said, “Most of LLM’s “crap content” comes from models that are trained on content/datasets that are – to use the phrase politely – not quality assured. That is why you get to see the embarrassing sight of billion-dollar Gemini/ChatGPT turning out crap on several occasions. Garbage in, garbage out is an old saying in programming, especially if you rely on scraping the internet.
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