In the smart home, we'll likely use Gemini the same way we used Google Assistant, except it will hopefully be more precise in its answers and able to make more suggestions about home management. While many AI integrations may be behind the scenes, the average homeowner will see this more as a rebrand than anything else.

Google’s AI assistant has required sign-in to use it since its demo days as Bard, but that’s changing. 9to5Google spotted that you can now use the basic Gemini 2.0 Flash model through a web browser without signing in,

Google accounts are no longer required to access Gemini AI on the web. However, like ChatGPT, some limitations apply.

Users can upload documents and ask Gemini to perform tasks such as creating a speech from class notes. Users can export their documents to Google Docs for more editing or collabor

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree. On Tuesday, the company added a feature to its AI-powered Gemini chatbot that the company is calling Canvas. Similar in concept to OpenAI’s identically-named Canvas tool for ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Artifacts,