Gemini 2.0 Flash ushers in a new era of real-time multimodal AI

Google’s release of Gemini 2.0 Flash this week, offering users a way to interact live with video of their surroundings, has set the stage for what could be a pivotal shift in how enterprises and consumers engage with technology. This release — alongside announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft, and others — is part of transformative leap forward happening in the technology area called “multimodal AI.”