Bard becomes Gemini
Google DeepMind · · Product launch
Google retired the Bard brand, renamed the assistant Gemini, and shipped it as a mobile app with a paid Advanced tier.
Why it matters
The point Google stopped positioning its assistant as an experiment and started selling it. Bard had been the reactive answer to ChatGPT; Gemini was the product line it became.
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Model line behind it: Gemini.
Sources
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- blog.google Official announcement archived