Google launches free Gemini-powered Data Science Agent on its Colab Python platform
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Summary
Google has made its AI data science agent available to users over the age of 18 in a select number of countries and languages.
It is accessible via Google Colab, which allows users to run Python code using the search giant’s GPUs and TPUs.
The data science agent aims to help researchers, data scientists and developers by producing Jupyter notebooks from written descriptions of analysis goals.
This aim builds on Google’s May 2023 announcement of Codey, an AI coding tool for Colab.
It also competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which features a data analysis add-on.
Reviews of the data science agent’s early performance have been positive, with one user reducing data processing time from one week to five minutes.
However, another user encountered problems with accuracy when using their utility spending stats.
It’s important to note that Google Colab remains a cloud-based, free-to-use service, although users can pay for extra computing power.