Google brings 1.5 Flash model to Gemini, new feature to combat AI hallucinations

Gemini AI

Google has announced the integration of the Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model into its chatbot services on both web and mobile platforms. “With Gemini 1.5 Flash, you’ll notice across-the-board improvements in quality and latency, with especially noticeable improvements in reasoning and image understanding,” said Amar Subramanya, vice president, engineering, Gemini Experiences. Google has also introduced a new feature to further address hallucinations

In a blog post, Subramanya also explained that the context window in Gemini Advanced has been quadrupled to 32K tokens. “That means you can have longer back-and-forth conversations and ask Gemini more complex questions — all free of charge,” he said.

Google will soon add the ability to upload files in Gemini via Google Drive or directly from your device. This is something which has been available in Gemini Advanced. “You’ll be able to do things like upload your economics study guide and ask Gemini to create practice questions,” Subramanya added.

Gemini will also soon be able to analyse data files for you, allowing you to uncover insights and visualise them through charts and graphics.

Google is also displaying links to related content for fact-seeking prompts in Gemini in order to reduce hallucinations and making it easier to explore websites “Starting today for English language prompts in certain countries, you can access this additional information on topics directly within Gemini’s responses. Just click on the chip at the end of a paragraph to see websites where you can dive deeper on a certain topic,” said Subramanya.