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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by closewith on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:50PM (#39306716)
Gemini was a stepping stone to a moonshot, which is almost certainly why the name was chosen.

Edit: another poster shared the etymology, the merger between Google Brain and DeepMind. I shall eat my words.

Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by happytiger on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:10PM (#39306992)
Perhaps. Corporate entomologies tend to be very well rehearsed stories, and I’ve been around the valley long enough to know those stories aren’t always the whole story.

I would encourage you to read the Kissinger / Schmidt book before settling your opinion.

That origin story may be true. But it doesn’t make the whole story necessarily.

https://time.com/6113393/eric-schmidt-henry-kissinger-ai-boo...

Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by OrsonSmelles on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:29PM (#39307256)
>corporate entomologies

Now there's a ready-made Far Side concept.

Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by mangamadaiyan on Thursday February 08, 2024 @06:20PM (#39309186)
"Corporate entomology" is a lovely term, evoking surreal (and yet strangely familiar) images of cockroaches in suits.

Brilliant!

Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by happytiger on Friday February 09, 2024 @05:29PM (#39321277)
If you’re going to make a typo, it might as well be about roaches in suits running the valley. Good lord.
Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by mangamadaiyan on Friday February 09, 2024 @06:52PM (#39321952)
I didn't realize it was a typo. I thought it was a deliberate misspelling!