Google and Meta made notable artificial intelligence (AI) announcements on Thursday, unveiling new models with significant advancements. The search giant unveiled Gemini 1.5, an updated AI model that comes with long-context understanding across different modalities. Meanwhile, Meta announced the release of its Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA) model, a non-generative teaching method for advanced machine learning (ML) through visual media. Both products offer newer ways of exploring AI capabilities. Notably, OpenAI also introduced its first text-to-video generation model Sora on Thursday. Google Gemini 1.5 model details Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, announced the release of Gemini 1.5 via a blog post. The newer model is built on the Transformer and Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture. While it is expected to have different versions, currently, only the Gemini 1.5 Pro model has been released for early testing. Hassabis said that the mid-size multimodal model can perform tasks at a similar level to Gemini 1.0 Ultra which is the company’s largest generative model and is available as the Gemini Advanced subscription with Google One AI …