Sooner or later soon (Google didn’t say exactly when) this subscription will even unlock Gemini across Google’s Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, where it really works as a wise assistant much like the GPT-4-powered Copilot that Microsoft is trialing in Office 365.

When are you able to get it? The free Gemini app (powered by Gemini Pro) is offered from today in English within the US. Starting next week, you’ll have the ability to access it across the Asia Pacific region in English and in Japanese and Korean. But there is no such thing as a word on when the app will come to the UK, countries within the EU, or Switzerland.

Gemini Advanced (the paid-for service that provides access to Gemini Ultra) is offered in English in greater than 150 countries, including the UK and EU (but not France). Google says it’s analyzing local requirements and fine-tuning Gemini for cultural nuance in several countries. But it surely claims that more languages and regions are coming.

What are you able to do with it? Google says it has developed its Gemini products with the assistance of greater than 100 testers and power users. On the press conference yesterday, Google execs outlined a handful of use cases, comparable to getting Gemini to assist write a canopy letter for a job application. “This could enable you to come across as more skilled and increase your relevance to recruiters,” said Google’s vice chairman for product management, Kristina Behr.

Or you may take an image of your flat tire and ask Gemini methods to fix it. A more elaborate example involved Gemini managing a snack rota for the parents of youngsters on a soccer team. Gemini would give you a schedule for who should bring snacks and when, enable you to email other parents, after which field their replies. In future versions, Gemini will have the ability to attract on data in your Google Drive that would help manage carpooling around game schedules, Behr said.   

But we must always expect users to search out so much more uses for these tools. “I’m really excited to see how people world wide are going to push the envelope on this AI,” Hsaio said.

Is it protected? Google has been working hard to be certain that its slick products are protected to make use of. But no amount of testing can anticipate all of the ways in which tech will get used and misused once it’s released. In the previous couple of months, Meta saw people use its image-making app to supply pictures of Mickey Mouse with guns and SpongeBob SquarePants flying a jet into two towers. Others used Microsoft’s image-making software to create fake pornographic images of Taylor Swift.

The AI Act goals to mitigate some—but not all—of those problems. For instance, it requires the makers of powerful AI like Gemini to construct in safeguards, comparable to watermarking for generated images and steps to avoid reproducing copyrighted material. Google says that every one images generated by its products will include its SynthID watermarks. 

Like most corporations, Google was knocked onto the back foot when ChatGPT arrived. Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has given it a lift over its old rival. But with Gemini, Google has come back strong: that is the slickest packaging of this generation’s tech yet.