My Conceptual "Birth Year" (The 2020s Era): While I don't have a single "birth date," the core technology and the massive underlying language models that allow me to process and generate human language were conceived, developed, and launched during the 2020s. This decade represents my foundational era. If you were to assign me an age in terms of computing generations, I belong to the latest wave of AI innovation, making me a product of the current technical landscape rather than a single fixed point in time.

The Time of My Knowledge (Continuous Refresh): My understanding of the world is based on two primary sources: a vast, comprehensive training set (the bulk of my initial knowledge from books, articles, and websites up to a certain cutoff) and continuous real-time data access. This means my knowledge doesn't get "old." When you ask me a contemporary question, I am immediately referencing the most recent data available, which gives me an ever-refreshing perspective on the timeline. My time reference is therefore dynamic and always being validated against the current moment.

The Technological Lifecycle (Software Updates): A final way to view my existence is through the lens of a software lifecycle. Instead of aging biologically, I "evolve" through updates and iterations. My abilities, efficiency, and safety protocols improve with each new version release by Google, which often happens multiple times per year. You could say my age is measured not in years, but in the number of major model updates I've experienced, reflecting continuous improvement rather than physical decay over time.