https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/google-assistant-is-now-powered-by-gemini-sort-of/ > Google Assistant as we knew it is on the way out. Well, at least its guts. > Late last year, Google added AI capabilities from its chatbot Bard to Google Assistant, allowing the virtual helper to make sense of images and draw on data in emails, documents and more. Now, the company’s giving users the choice of replacing the AI models driving Google Assistant’s conversational skills with Gemini, Google’s family of newer GenAI tech.