RIP, Gemini Gems.

Google is replacing Gems with skills starting November 17th, as spotted earlier by 9to5Google. While Gems lets you create personalized AI assistants, Google’s skills feature offers similar capabilities by allowing you to create custom instructions for Gemini.

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RIP, Gemini Gems.

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