How Google Named Its AI Chatbot ‘Gemini’ Google used the word ‘Gemini’ for the first time in 2023. During the Google IO 2023, the company used this term while discussing the multimodal technology it is going to introduce.
A year later, the company brought Gemini to Search, Ads, Workspace, Pixel and other platforms. In the recently concluded Google IO 2024, the company has given information about how Gemini can be used for what kind of work.
The story behind the name Gemini
According to Google, when AI was launched, the company gave it the temporary name of ‘Titan’. Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. Gemini’s technical lead, Jeff Dion, was not impressed with the name. But this name gave him an idea of a name. Which he could connect with space.
In Greek mythology, the constellation associated with these two bright stars Castor and Pollux is called ‘Gemini’. The company named the AI model Gemini to reflect the two sides of its platform.
One aspect is that the Gemini (Gemini) zodiac sign is known as a dual-natured personality. People of this sign in particular are adaptable, can connect with many strangers, and can see anything from a different perspective. Since these features match the features of the tool they are about to release, Google has prioritized Gemini. Especially since it can work on both coding and photography, the company has given special priority to those two aspects.
At that time, Google was jamming in large language modes like Deep Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Alpha Go, and Transformer Architecture. In April 2023, the company advanced these various projects as the Google DeepMind project.
Another secret behind the name Gemini has been revealed in a blog published by Google. ‘Project Gemini’ is a program started by NASA in 1960. Where the company tested important technology for the Apollo Moon Landing.
Google understood the importance of this latest initiative of NASA. And, just as NASA had taken forward Project Gemini to explore space, the company says that it named it ‘Gemini’ because it is going to explore the field of artificial intelligence.