GenDino is a new Google experiment that allows you to completely replace the legendary Dino game in Google Chrome, which appears when there is no Internet connection. The application created with Google’s generative artificial intelligence, Customize Dino, his environment and even the obstacles he must jump over. And it has an expiration date, less than a week until it closes.

Google often hides little winks in its apps, usually in the form of games. The hidden Easter egg in Android 14 (as well as beta 2 of Android 15) is a good example, as it only takes a few taps to discover a space exploration title. Google Play Games also has hidden games that can be played when disconnected. And Chrome is an outstanding student, Dino is in our memory. But what if our hero isn’t a dinosaur?

Change Dino to any animal thanks to Google AI

Google has a number of trials that you can access to test advanced functionality; It’s all in good fun, which is one of its strong points. Want to see how generative AI reaches ChatGPT or Google Gemini? to be transform completely Hidden Dino game in Google Chrome.

To play the original Dino, all you have to do is install Chrome and put your phone in airplane mode: try opening any web page and the legendary Dino will load. You need a link to access the Google Labs experiment: Go to this page from your Android device and you will have access to game customization Utilizing Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Once GenDino is installed and you sign in with your Google account, select any of the text fields and always enter the items you think are necessary in English. These:

• Heroic animal “A”. Insert Dino substitute here. It could be a cat, a dog, a parrot…
• Obstacles, “Jump”. You should write here the obstacles that your hero animal must jump over. A cake, spaghetti…
• Scene, “Past”. The play takes place over a scene, you should describe it here. If the original Dino is running through the desert, you can turn it into the Matrix, the jungle, or anything else you can think of.

Various examples created with GenDino

Although AI offers a lot of variety, it doesn’t always create all the elements you want. All Matches the simple, monochrome style of the Chrome game, retains the same mechanics of avoiding obstacles by jumping and maintains maximum points so you can improve after the game. These points are retained unless you close the game. And these are shared with every change you make to Dino.

It is quite interesting and works perfectly on mobile devices: we see this as an excellent demonstration of the practical possibilities of artificial intelligence. Of course you should hurry, because this experiment is expiring: at the time of writing this article, Six and a half days left to continue testing (Ends May 29). GenDino is built with Image 2 as an image generator and StyleDrop as the AI ​​to adapt styles to Image 2. As stated in the user guide, Google does not record GenDino usage data.

Cover image | Ivan Linares

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