Last week, we made Gemini Embedding 2, our first natively multimodal embedding model, available to the general public. Since then, developers have used it to build video analysis tools, visual shopping assistants, and more. But you might be wondering... what is an embedding model? 🤔 Let’s break it down! 1. What is it? Think of an embedding model as a "universal translator." It takes text, images, video, and audio data and turns them into a long string of numbers, like a unique digital…