Google is likely to be engaged on creating synthetic intelligence (AI) chatbots that may play a personality whereas interacting with customers. These character-focused chatbots could be modelled after a star or be customised by customers based mostly on their creativeness, based on the report. It’s mentioned that these chatbots might be powered by the tech large’s in-house massive language mannequin (LLM) Gemini. Not like the present Gemini AI chatbot, these customisable bots are mentioned to be designed to have conversations and never simply to reply person queries.
Google Is Engaged on Character-Primarily based AI Chatbots
Based on a report by The Info (through 9to5Google), Google needs to construct AI-based chatbots that may be a buddy to individuals as an alternative of a query-solving assistant. The publication acknowledged that the corporate has been engaged on constructing these chatbots for some time now. These might be customisable AI bots “which might be modelled on celebrities or made by customers.”
The report additionally highlights that Google may associate with social media influencers to create chatbots based mostly on their personalities. These bots are mentioned to be powered by Gemini, however it’s at present unclear whether or not it will use the Gemini 1.5 Professional or Gemini 1.0 mannequin. It’s mentioned to be a standalone venture, and it’s not being developed for a particular Google platform.
Nonetheless, the report highlights that the corporate has mentioned plans to finally combine the chatbots with YouTube.
Primarily based on the small print shared within the report, it seems that these chatbots might be much like the AI characters made by Meta. The social media large partnered with a number of well-liked influencers and celebrities comparable to Kendall Jenner, Charli D’Amelio, MrBeast, Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, and extra, and launched their AI characters on the Messenger app. Related chatbots are additionally utilized by lately launched social media platform Butterflies.
Character-based chatbots have been popularised by the AI platform Character.ai, the place customers can create AI bots by including a textual content immediate describing the character and its persona. The platform lets customers work together with characters comparable to Sherlock Holmes, Tony Stark, Elon Musk, Batman, and extra.
Other than these, the platform additionally affords chatbots made for particular function comparable to a Writing Helper, Story Maker, Relationship Coach, and others. Notably, Character.ai makes use of Google’s cloud providers and Tensor Processing Items (TPUs) to coach its AI fashions.