Since its launch last year, Google’s Gemini AI has proven to be a big help to many people using it, offering powerful tools to enhance creativity and productivity regardless of your profession or the task at hand.
Whether you’re looking to organize your work, streamline your life, or jumpstart a creative project, Gemini can be an invaluable assistant. Filipinos know this, too, as the Philippines landed among the top 10 countries interested about AI, according to Google’s 2024 eConomy Report SEA.
It’s not a surprise that Gemini would be so popular, too. From students to professionals, artists to entrepreneurs, this versatile AI tool offers a wide variety of applications in many fields because of its sheer processing and generative power.
And as 2024 comes to a close, Google has rounded up the most prevalent ways that people have used Gemini this year:
1. Getting information with Google
People use Gemini to seek information because it offers a vast knowledge base, advanced AI capabilities, and access to relevant information through Google Search, providing comprehensive answers.
2. Securing academic help
Whether it’s helping provide complex insights or breaking down dense and challenging concepts, Gemini can provide the answers to students and parents helping their kids with schoolwork.
3. Exploring content
With so many options to stream and consume on video and audio platforms, Gemini is able to process what you like and recommend more content that is similar to it.
4. Developing ideas
Need someone to bounce your creativity off of? Gemini can act as a brainstorming partner that can help you flesh out your ideas. Try prompts like, “Act as a marketer or advertising expert. Recommend a campaign tagline for a new shampoo product targeted to the GEN Z male and female consumers in Metro Manila.”
5. Working smarter
As Gemini is able to quickly access a multitude of resources, it can help you work smarter by processing the data you have and finding faster ways to manage it.
6. Getting started with writing
One of Gemini’s most popular capabilities is getting you started on the thing you need to write. No matter what you need, from quick social media post copy to whole skeletons of articles, it can instantly lay the foundation for your own creative magic.
7. Making conversations
Similar to writing, Gemini can also improve your social skills by giving you tips for conversation-starters and helpers. You’ll definitely reduce the awkward silence with its help.
8. Creating art and media
Need a fast visual, maybe a peg for a bigger work? Gemini’s image generation capabilities have now advanced sufficiently, and can give you the assets that you need.
9. Coding help
It’s not too late to learn how to code – Gemini can help you along by suggesting software code and even teach you how to use it properly. You may be able to start writing your own apps and games in no time. Try pasting your code in common programming languages like JavaScript or C+ in Gemini and it might be able to help you identify a bug, or ask it to come up with some initial draft lines that you can build on.
10. Traveling help and suggestions
Google Gemini’s ability to process information from various sources makes it a valuable tool for planning travel itineraries, providing real-time assistance, and offering personalized recommendations. With the holiday break coming, you can try asking Gemini to “Act as a travel guide. Plan a last-minute end-of-year trip for a family of four” and see what it comes up with.
With all these possibilities awaiting people – and even more that could still be discovered – Gemini is getting better and better every day, and it’s definitely worth trying out to see how it can help you in many ways.
Try it out now at http://gemini.google.com.
