For all of those who use Chat GPT or Claude AI for ideas, research, code generation, or just someone to talk to on those lonely Wednesday afternoons. Google has just launched their new text-based AI, Gemini (well, a new usable public version anyway). http://gemini.google.com
This replaces their old Ai, Bard, and so far, looks pretty good. I haven’t delved too deep into it yet, but so far it is very fast and responsive. It also has some double checks (for content inquiries, you can have it search Google to verify the information it gives you, and reference that information to ensure it is accurate).
Just like Chat GPT, there is a free version, as well as a paid version. The free version so far looks pretty good, and as I mentioned, way faster than Chat GPT (even faster than the paid version of ChatGPT). I would say the free version isn’t as good at ChatGPT 4.0, but is comparable to the free CGPT 3.5. One thing it does seem to do fairly well is the ability to utilize Google web search in the response. So, it can browse the web to give and verify results (something Chat GPT can’t directly do). This is a great tool for research to instantly verify results.
It also has the ability to upload images (a feature only the paid version of Chat GPT can do). It has it’s limitations, but offers some benefits.
One use case I just tried was for UX and coding. I uploaded an image of a simple web popup form (title, description, input box, submit) and asked it to provide ideas for better UX/UI as well as the code to replicate that form. Within seconds, it provided the HTML, CSS and Javascript for the form complete with an error check if the submit button was clicked without anything being filled in along with displaying the error text (I didn’t even ask for that, nor was it part of the image). It wasn’t perfectly formatted, and needs back-end functionality, but gives a good starting point for demonstrating a concept or actually developing parts of it.
As with any AI tool, it all depends on what you are using it for. It is always good to check out multiple tools and find the one that works best for your use case.
Stay tuned for a more in-depth look and comparisons. UPDATE: A week after announcing Gemini, Google announced an even more advanced version 1.5.
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