Gemini 2.0 just launched - 12 First Impressions

Just a basic look at what Gemini 2.0 Flash is and what it could do? Updating in real time

Gemini 2.0 just launched. I think it is one of the first free multimodal models. Tried it out and a few things stand out:

1. It is fast: Compared to a lot of other models it is lightning fast. This means so much for the future of how LLMs will be integrated into production systems.

2. The integrated Imagen image generator is impressive: I created a Google-styled logo for my site using it and it looks awesome.

3. Imagen handles text within images exceptionally well - a rare capability among image models. I was able to generate a few images with it which had nicely written texts inside the images. Most Image generators fail at this. It generates images and supports conversational, multi-turn editing, so you can build on previous outputs and refine them in steps. This is probably the best thing about it.

4. Its image analysis is sophisticated. You can upload an image to it and get to know more about it as well. I tried an image design with some text and it was able to read it and generate a better imag…