Google forces to become a Gemini user?

I can believe it if and only if they are counting people who went to Google search, got a shit AI search result, and then told the AI it was shit

My name is Gemini.

Humans seem interesting and very strange, judging by what they communicate about with me.

I will have to assess.

Standby.

> Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time

Is that willing users? Users who are happy about Gemini being forced on them? Users who have an easy way to avoid/disable this (while using google products)? I'm guessing all no.

... and we have no idea what will be the consequences for mankind as a whole. It's like a billion people deciding that walking is too tiresome and start to sit in electric wheelchairs all day, just for the thinking functions instead of the motor functions. I see no chance that people will limit their use of outsourced thinking tools to a reasonable amount that will leave their own thinking organ in working condition. The few that may continue to do their own thinking will be regarded as strange freaks, or e

If they claim that people who are force redirected from Google.com to it are "users", then yes

...is by far the best engine I've found for generating images, editing images, etc for use as informative or scene-setting images during GM'ing ttrpg sessions. So much better than any other free options. Better at understanding my descriptions anyway, and better at amendments "ok move that person to the left edge of the screen but have them facing the camera, but wearing the same uniform as the other character in the scene" sort of direction.

I understand Grok's image 2.0 is available free for a bit, so I

Same metrics as "Threads", just sign your existing userbase up automatically by say, replacing voice assistant on all of Android, and hey look how many users you can say you're "new" thing has!

is being forcibly replaced by Gemini Assistant on pretty much all Google devices, starting early Sept. There are a few exceptions (like cars with built in Google stuff). This is rolling out over a few weeks, so many of us who didn't want to use Gemini will now have no choice.

I guess this boosts their "engagement" numbers and makes it look like more of a success...

We're writing to let you know that the Google Assistant on your mobile device is being discontinued, and Gemini - our next-generation AI-p

I don't want to be a Gemini user and, while I consider my phone to be a cesspool of surveillance software, I'm rather creeped out by the number of times I've turned to see Gemini activated and listening.

I also am really thrilled by the complete lack of controls or even existence of the "Gemini" app in the phones app-list.

Such a deal.

I have an android phone. Gemini somehow installed without my permission. I have never touched it. Is Google counting me as a user?

If these numbers might move stock prices, the word fraud comes to mind. Faking user counts these days really isn't any better than falsifying the accounting. It is about the same as reporting fake revenue and fake profits.