
Google revealed on Wednesday that it has formalized a partnership with the Associated Press to develop “a stream of instantaneous data” within Gemini. Specifics on the initiative are minimal presently, but it suggests it might somewhat replicate the features of Perplexity AI or ChatGPT Search. Details on the availability timeline for users remain undisclosed.
“As we launch novel AI solutions and products, we’re pinpointing particular categories of information and datasets capable of enhancing our products and services globally,” disclosed Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s Vice President of global news alliances, in the notification post. “This [emerging feed] will be exceptionally beneficial for our users questing for current information.”
Google Workspace corporate and enterprise participants will soon be able to utilize Gemini’s capabilities without any added fees, the entity additionally disclosed on Wednesday. Business-tier clients should notice the newly introduced features commencing today. Enterprise customers can anticipate deployment later in January.
Clients at these subscription levels will find Gemini AI functionalities integrated into the entirety of the Workspace application ecosystem, along with admission to the Gemini Advanced chatbot and NotebookLM Plus, Google’s AI-augmented research instrument. Gemini will assist employees in drafting emails in Gmail, formulating graphs and equations in Sheets, creating visuals and presentation decks in Slides, and acting as a digital recorder during virtual meetings in Meet. Essentially, the service will operate equivalently to how it does for individual Gemini Advanced users, however, tailored for a corporate audience and delivering enterprise-level data security.
Google is moreover adjusting its pricing structure, which might allow subscribers to save a respectable amount of money in the future. The company states, “a consumer utilizing the Workspace Business Standard plan with a Gemini Business supplement earlier paid $32 per user per month. Now, that identical consumer will remit just $14 per user per month — merely $2 more than what they expended on Workspace sans Gemini.”