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Sundar Pichai reveals why Google changed Bard's name to Gemini: ‘Made sense to…’

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Google renamed its AI chatbot Bard to Gemini, as revealed by CEO Sundar Pichai. The name change aligns with Google's focus on building its most capable and safe AI model. Pichai explained that Bard was the direct interface for interacting with the underlying Gemini model, making the name change logical. Google also introduced the Gemini Ultra 1.0 language model, bundled with the Gemini Advanced subscription at $19.99/month, offering users more advanced capabilities for complex queries and multitask language understanding.