At Google we are fully in our Gemini era —says Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google. By looking at how Google is shaking hands with AI, coming up with new innovations shows that they’re no way behind in the game of Artificial Intelligence.
There were back to back surprises that got uncovered at the conference held on May 14, 2024. And, most of the updates revolved around AI like Project Veo, Project Astra and much more. However, there was very little talk on the hardware part of companies.
Here, I’ll be just sparking on one of the model they introduced at the conference — Gemini Flash 1.5 – A light, Fast and highly optimised model that can tackle high frequency task with quick pace. This is how they personified it.
So let’s delve into the cool features of Gemini Flash 1.5 and see what it has got for you.
Overview of Gemini Flash 1.5
What is Gemini Flash 1.5?
Flash is a lightweight model compared to the Gemini Pro.
It is designed to be faster and more cost-efficient, making it a go-to option for tasks that require swift responses.
The name itself clarifies its meaning. You might’ve watched the movie Flash, about a superhero known for his speed and quick action. The same is true with Gemini 1.5—a smaller model but highly optimised for giving fast output.
If you don’t know, there were three variants introduced earlier as a part of Gemini model, which were as follows:
First was Gemini Ultra, the largest among all designed to perform highly complex tasks.
Second, Gemini Pro was best for doing general tasks.
One more variant was the Gemini Nano best for On- device task like Android.
And now, we have an entirely new variant, Flash 1.5, that supports multimodal interactions. This means users can process their text, video, and audio and guess what Flash will be able to understand and process, and at the very next moment, it will deliver the best possible output.
More importantly, it offers one million tokens, making it capable of doing complex tasks while ensuring quality output, hopefully.
Features and Use cases
Now, coming to its features, let’s see what it has to offer and how it can be beneficial?
It offers 1 million tokens, which allows you to process —
If you have videos or images and want to generate captions or compelling descriptions for them, then Flash can help you with that.
It also understands visual data.
Let’s say you have some infographics, data charts, figures, or comparison tables that you are not able to grasp or don’t have enough time to examine properly.
You can simply upload them in the Flash chat box and ask any doubts you have regarding those infographics.
Flash intelligence can easily process, summarise, and simplify all the data for you.
It can also analyse audio files and extract the key points for you, so you no longer have to go through the entire audio if you don’t want to.
Availability and Pricing
It is available globally and you can start using it from now but only in the preview version alongside the Gemini pro model; its original version will be available publicly in June.
Coming to its pricing, it is slightly cheaper as compared to pro model and will cost you 35 cents for 1 million tokens.
How to get started with Gemini Flash 1.5?
If you want to get started with it, then the first step is to create an account on Google AI Studio if you don’t already have one.
To do this, simply visit their official website and sign up using your Google account.
Once you are in an AI studio you will get an option to input your prompt, and within a fraction of a second, it will generate the most suitable output accordingly.
If you want to integrate it into your system, then it involves some technical steps, so for that, you better go through the starting guide provided by Google itself.
Final Thought
This is surely an incredible tool Google has introduced in their Gemini environment capable of doing high-frequency tasks with extreme velocity. Also, there is no barrier in the communications as it can easily process various sorts of input like audio, text, code, or infographics and images.
I can say that it’s just a newborn baby in the AI world, still a lot to expect in the future. Google might be aiming to empower this tool with more features and capabilities making our day-to-day working needs easier and quicker.
