Google is launching what is described as the largest and most capable artificial intelligence (AI) model, claiming it outperforms OpenAI’s ChatGPT in most tests. Google added that the new AI model, named Gemini, displays advanced reasoning across multiple formats.

The Gemini AI chatbot is the first to be announced since the global AI safety summits, in which technology companies agreed to collaborate on testing advanced systems before and after their release.

According to Google, Gemini will unveil three different models with different capabilities. Gemini Ultra is the largest and most capable; Gemini Pro can perform a wide range of tasks; and Gemini Nano is for mobile devices.

Online survey app Real Research surveyed to get the public opinion on Google’s Gemini new AI chatbot, and here are the results.

Highlights:

  • 44.02% believe Gemini AI chatbot’s new features will be useful.
  • Gemini’s ability to outperform human experts in math, law, and medicine is somewhat significant, according to 55.48%.
  • 50.9% stated that Gemini represents a new era for artificial intelligence.

There’s a New Player in the AI Game:

The majority (53.22%) of the respondents claimed that they use AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard. In detail, 37.05% said rarely, 32.38% said occasionally, 20.9% said frequently, and 9.67% said never.

Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model that it claims outperforms ChatGPT in most tests and displays “advanced reasoning” across different types of data input. 48.32% were aware of the AI model, 38.5% were vaguely aware, and 13.18% weren’t aware.

Google says that the new Gemini AI chatbot can simultaneously process multiple types of input, including text, audio, images, video, and computer code. 44.02% believe that these features will be useful, 36.1% weren’t sure, and 19.88% thought the opposite.

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Figure 1: Gemini’s new features will be useful; the majority believes

Google claims that the most powerful version of Gemini, Ultra, outperforms human experts in subjects including mathematics, law, and medicine. An upgrade that 55.48% believe is somewhat significant. 34.15% thought it was extremely significant, and a shy number of 10.37% disagreed.

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Figure 2: Significance of Gemini AI chatbot’s abilities to outperform human experts

Gemini AI vs ChatGPT

Gemini’s multitasking test score is 90%, while ChatGPT’s score is 86.4%. Gemini’s performance is a noteworthy accomplishment, according to 45.57%. While 32.07% weren’t sure of the significance of the accomplishment, 22.37% claimed it wasn’t noteworthy.

50.9% seem to agree with Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, stating that Gemini represents a new era for AI. 23.48% strongly agree, 21.03% somewhat disagree, and 4.58% strongly disagree.

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Figure 3: Opinion on Gemini representing a new era for AI

As per the announced upcoming plans, the Gemini AI chatbot is going to be integrated into Google products, including Search and Bard. The survey revealed that 54.32% believe this integration is somewhat important to enhancing the user experience, 33.08% saw it as extremely important, and 12.6% stated that it wasn’t important at all.

Gemini and similar AI models can be used for content creation such as marketing campaigns, blog content, and productivity applications, an idea in which 53.78% are somewhat interested. 34.38% were extremely interested in using Gemini for these features, and 11.83% weren’t interested.

Methodology

Survey TitlePublic Opinion on Google’s Gemini New AI Chatbot
DurationDecember 16 – December 23, 2023
Number of Participants6,000
DemographicsMales and females, aged 21 to 99
Participating Countries Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, China (Hong Kong) China (Macao), China (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greanada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Maluritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar [Burma], Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.