Google introduces PaLM 2

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PaLM 2 introduced — more heavily trained on multilingual text spanning over 100 languages, in four sizes: Gecko, Otter, Bison and Unicorn

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At Google I/O, Google announced over 25 products and features powered by PaLM 2, including Bard, and said the smallest size, Gecko, can run on mobile devices even offline

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