Hong Kong, Feb. 9 -- Major changes are in store for Bard, Google's AI chatbot and a direct competitor to ChatGPT. Like its rival, Bard will soon propose a paid version, as well as a dedicated mobile application. It will also change the AI chatbot's name to Gemini.

It's goodbye Bard, and hello Gemini. According to a screenshot posted by an Android developer on X, as of 7 February, Bard is set to be rebranded as Gemini, adopting the name of the multimodal generative artificial intelligence recently launched by Google, and which powers the chatbot. This will avoid any confusion. But the social media post reveals other important information. Google's AI chatbot Bard is now called Gemini

The new name also appears to be synonymous with a new ...