Updated March 27, 2026
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Google AI develops the Gemini family of multimodal models, capable of processing text, images, audio, and video in a single model. Gemini models power Google's AI products including Bard, Search, and Workspace integrations. Available through Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, Gemini offers competitive pricing, long context windows (up to 1M tokens), and tight integration with Google's cloud ecosystem. Google also maintains open-source models like Gemma and contributes foundational AI research through Google DeepMind.
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