Google’s PaLM AI isn’t your average digital chatbot—it’s actually a family of models, including Gecko (runs on your phone, even in tunnels), Otter, Bison, and the very mythical-sounding Unicorn. Think: real-time translation, clever code suggestions, and poetry with a surprising lack of cringe. PaLM 2 even fixes buggy scripts while pretending not to be bored. Basically, it’s the tech that makes Google smarter than your high-school French teacher. Curious what’s next? There’s more right below.
But wait, there’s more. PaLM 2 isn’t just one model—it’s a whole zoo: Gecko (for mobile), Otter, Bison, and the mythical Unicorn.
Smaller variants, like Gecko, can even run locally on your phone, no internet required. So yes, you can have an AI assistant in your pocket that doesn’t panic every time you enter a tunnel.
Features? It’s got them:
- State-of-the-art translation (including idioms and poetry—beat that, high-school French teacher).
- Multi-step reasoning and code generation (Python, JavaScript, you name it).
- Bug fixing and step-by-step explanations that won’t put you to sleep.
With its evolution, Google’s PaLM AI has paved the way for the development of even more advanced multimodal models like the Gemini family, which can process not only text but also audio, images, and video.]
PaLM 2 powers up Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, and, until recently, you could poke it directly via the PaLM API.
Now, it’s morphing into Gemini, but that’s a story for another day. For now, just know: if Google’s AI feels a little bit smarter lately, thank PaLM.
