ChainCatcher news, Google announced the launch of its artificial intelligence model "Gemini," developed by the Google DeepMind team. It is reported that Gemini is designed to be multimodal, capable of understanding and processing different types of information such as text, code, audio, images, and video. The Gemini model is divided into three different scales: Ultra, Pro, and Nano. The Ultra version is aimed at complex tasks, the Pro version is suitable for a wide range of tasks, and the Nano version is optimized for tasks on mobile devices.Currently, Gemini has begun to be promoted and applied in several Google products and platforms. For example, Google Bard will use an improved version of Gemini Pro, while the Pixel 8 Pro will be the first smartphone to adopt Gemini Nano. Additionally, starting from December 13, developers and enterprise customers will be able to access the Gemini Pro API through Google AI Studio or Google Cloud Vertex AI to develop and deploy Gemini-based applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techcrunch, French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI has completed a €105 million ($113 million) seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Xavier Niel, JCDecaux Holding, Rodolphe Saadé, Motier Ventures, La Famiglia, Headline, Exor Ventures, Sofina, First Minute Capital, and LocalGlobe. Sources indicate that this financing values the company at €240 million ($260 million).It is reported that the company is a new venture formed by former researchers from DeepMind and Meta, aiming to compete with OpenAI and Google in the construction, training, and application of large language models and generative AI, developing generative artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company plans to release its first text-based generative AI model in 2024. (Source link）