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Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a train wreck
(www.fastcompany.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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I tried it out for a while and yes, it really is as bad as the article implies. I gave it a fair chance for a few weeks and then went back to the old assistant (a task which which gemini was also completely unable to help me with, at one point even gaslighting me and saying I wasn't using Gemini).
It's kind of crazy to think about but it seems like Google is just somehow really terrible at AI