Google could be engaged on creating synthetic intelligence (AI) chatbots that may play a personality whereas interacting with customers. These character-focused chatbots may be modelled after a star or be customised by customers based mostly on their creativeness, in line with the report. It’s stated that these chatbots will likely be powered by the tech big’s in-house massive language mannequin (LLM) Gemini. Not like the prevailing Gemini AI chatbot, these customisable bots are stated to be designed to have conversations and never simply to reply consumer queries.
Google Is Engaged on Character-Primarily based AI Chatbots
In line with a report by The Info (through 9to5Google), Google desires 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 will likely be customisable AI bots “which may very well be modelled on celebrities or made by customers.”
The report additionally highlights that Google may companion with social media influencers to create chatbots based mostly on their personalities. These bots are stated to be powered by Gemini, however it’s presently unclear whether or not it might use the Gemini 1.5 Professional or Gemini 1.zero mannequin. It’s stated to be a standalone undertaking, and it’s not being developed for a particular Google platform.
Nevertheless, 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 may very well be much like the AI characters made by Meta. The social media big partnered with a number of well-liked influencers and celebrities reminiscent of 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 just 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 character. The platform lets customers work together with characters reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, Tony Stark, Elon Musk, Batman, and extra.
Other than these, the platform additionally presents chatbots made for particular goal reminiscent of a Writing Helper, Story Maker, Relationship Coach, and others. Notably, Character.ai makes use of Google’s cloud companies and Tensor Processing Models (TPUs) to coach its AI fashions.
