Accessing Gemini

The Gemini chatbot can be accessed from the website or the application. Let’s check out the web version.

To start using the Gemini chatbot, head over to the chatbot’s page and sign in with your Google account. The chatbot is free to use and offers quite a few unique features.

Gemini chatbot features

At first glance, the Gemini chatbot interface might look similar to ChatGPT. However, it does offer a few extra features.

• Response drafts: For each response that Gemini presents, it provides us with with option to review and use other drafts that the model might have generated. This allows us to quickly tailor the response to our specific needs.

• Double-check information: Being a Google product, Gemini has access to Google search. The double-check information button uses Google search to see if it finds content similar to the generated output. It can also notify if it doesn’t find relevant content or if the output differs from the search result. This provides additional reassurance about the correctness of the response.

• Response citations: Another feature that sets Gemini apart from the rest is the ability to cite responses. While LLMs are trained to generate new content rather than replicating it from the source, if Gemini extensively quotes something from a website, it will also cite it in the generated output.

• Google integrations: Gemini can also pull live information from services such as Google Maps, YouTube, Google Workspace, Google Flights, and Google Hotels. These services can be referred to using the “@” symbol.