Google today announced the launch of the newly upgraded Gemini model series, which includes Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002. This update not only significantly enhances performance but also brings surprising price discounts, undoubtedly creating a buzz in the AI development community. Firstly, the most eye-catching aspect is the substantial price reduction. The usage cost of the new models has been halved, with a drop of over 50%. At the same time, performance has seen remarkable improvements.

Recently, a major breakthrough occurred in the field of artificial intelligence. The Coder v2 model launched by AI company Deepseek has excelled in various tests, surpassing Google's Gemini model and becoming the new king in the open source AI domain. According to the evaluation results from Livebench AI, which is recognized as the most challenging benchmarking platform in the industry, the Deepseek Coder v2 model ranks third among open source models, following the commercial models of OpenAI and Anthropic.

Apple and Google are in deep discussions about introducing the Gemini model to enhance the AI technology in iPhones. This collaboration is expected to bring powerful AI capabilities to the iPhone, improving user experience. Gemini is an advanced artificial intelligence technology developed by Google, which will elevate the intelligence level of the iPhone. Details of the collaboration have not yet been announced, but it is anticipated to have a profound impact on the smartphone market. The partnership between Apple and Google will propel the application of artificial intelligence in consumer electronics, bringing more surprises to consumers.

Google will hold the 2024 I/O Developer Conference online on May 14, with the keynote speech streamed over the internet to attract a broader developer audience. Google will showcase new features of the Gemini model and Android 15, including upgrades to Gmail and Google Photos, as well as a potential mid-range phone launch. The Gemini model will be embedded in devices to compete with OpenAI's Sora, demonstrating powerful multimodal mixture of experts model capabilities. Google releases Gemini 1.5.

Google's Gemini model portrait generation feature is set to relaunch. The portrait generation feature of Gemini did not work as expected, providing inaccurate information in historical image generation. Google is working on fixing the issues and plans to release an improved version.

Google has launched a new feature 'Help Me Write', an upgraded AI writing tool. The new feature includes generative AI to assist users in composing emails with various tone options. Utilizing the Gemini model, it helps users draft texts, comments, inquiries, and more. The 'Help Me Write' feature is being promoted to Chrome users globally.

Google has upgraded its AI chatbot Bard, launched in the UK, aiming to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The Gemini model has been touted by Google CEO Sundar Pichai as the 'most powerful' generative AI model and represents the largest upgrade to Bard since its initial release earlier this year. Gemini currently supports text prompts and will expand to be 'multimodal', encompassing various types of information including text, images, video, and audio in the future. The enhanced capabilities of Gemini Pro will drive Bard's development in the arts.