Google has said that its AI model, Gemini, can help African businesses enhance operations.
The tech giant disclosed this at its AI in Action event, which aimed to educate businesses on the importance of Gemini in scaling up their operations. Google said, “Business owners now have the opportunity to engage a collaborative creative partner that can help them make business decisions faster and drive better performance.”
It noted that Gemini’s richness is reflected in its effortless interaction with prompts, which differs from asking questions on Search. “Gemini assimilates prompts as a science and an art and can present responses with sight, sounds, images, and videos.”
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“Business owners can utilise Gemini to help with various tasks, whether it’s research and information gathering, writing and content creation, operations and management, business strategy, and planning, or marketing and sales.”
Yvette Baez, Google’s Business Strategist for AI, shared that the company’s solutions can potentially transform businesses.
“AI has swiftly transformed from an intriguing concept into a powerful asset for businesses. Its capacity to stimulate economic growth and create unprecedented opportunities is undeniable. No longer confined to text-based interactions, AI now offers a multisensory experience, delivering information through visual, auditory, and even video formats.
“As such, our work in this area has focused on responsibly building helpful products and platforms that can assist businesses to improve and overcome their most pressing challenges – making otherwise static information, useful,” he said.
Google also announced that it has expanded access to its AI models, such as Gemini 1.5 Pro in Vertex AI for cloud customers and developers and Open Model Gemma, designed to assist customers with various types of code. Upgrading Gemini Code Assist will help customers code more efficiently and identify and resolve security threats.
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Improvements have also been made to Gemini for Google Workspace across its Gmail, Meet, and Chat offerings, where the AI can access and process information, allowing it to provide summaries, answer questions, and generate content based on personal documents. Gemini can now pull data from various Google services like flights, hotels, maps, and YouTube, in addition to Workspace data, which is helpful for upwardly mobile business executives.
