The days between Thanksgiving and Christmas are normally a dead zone for launching new technology, but these are desperate times for Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
The lumbering search giant was caught on the back foot by ChatGPT one year ago, and it’s been eager to paint a picture of itself speeding ahead. After reports of a delay, on Wednesday it suddenly announced Gemini, a new AI model that could spot sleight-of-hand magic tricks and ace an accountancy exam. A demo video released by Google (below) has wowed social media — but it’s a feat in spin. From a technical standpoint, Google is still chasing OpenAI from behind.
