At its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2024, the tech giant made one thing crystal clear - artificial intelligence (AI) is the future, and Google is staking its claim as an AI leader with its Gemini technology. CEO Sundar Pichai unequivocally declared this Google's "Gemini era."
The Gemini Takeover
Google is infusing its powerful Gemini AI into many of its core products and services. The humble Google Photos app is getting a massive AI upgrade, with Gemini enabling AI-powered search smarts through the new "Ask Photos" feature. Simply ask "what's my license plate number?" and Gemini will scour your uploaded photos to find the answer. Education is also getting an AI boost, with Google's Notebook Learning Management system gaining Gemini integration to enable personalised, adaptive learning experiences like physics lessons using basketball examples showed during the presentation.
For developers, the Gemini 1.5 Pro model is being released in over 35 languages, democratising advanced AI capabilities. Gemini Agents - Your AI Assistant
Going beyond just answering questions, Google revealed Gemini Agents - AI assistants that can complete tasks for you. Need to return an online purchase? Gemini Agents can identify the item from a photo, find the receipt in your Gmail, and initiate the return process.
Trip planning, scheduling, research - Gemini Agents promises to tackle all those multi-step information tasks we loathe.
Perceiving the World with Project Astra
One of Google's most ambitious Gemini endeavours is Project Astra. This experimental AI system can understand the physical world through cameras and sensors. Identify unknown objects, read code, explain how things work - Astra showcases the potential for ambient AI that perceives and interprets our surroundings.
The applications extend to smart glasses that let you "see" with AI vision. Though no firm release dates were provided, Astra hints at an AI-assisted augmented reality future.
The Rise of Generative AI
Of course, no 2024 AI discussion is complete without generative AI - the ability for AI to generate new content like images, audio, video and more. Google is pushing hard on this front:
Imagen 3 promises best-in-class text-to-image AI model
Musician AI models for generating music
Veo for creating highly realistic HD videos from text prompts
To combat concerns around deepfakes and misinformation, Google is implementing a new "SynthID" watermarking system to flag AI-generated content.
And generative AI is coming to Google Search itself, with "AI Overviews" that summarise search results, provide multistep reasoning, and even offer trip planning - all driven by AI language models.
Watch a recap of Google I/O 2024 here;
Gemini + Google Workspace
Google's productivity suite Workspace is going all-in on Gemini AI. An AI-powered sidebar, Gemini assistance in Google Meet, smart email summarisation in Gmail, and "AI teammates" like the prototype "Chip" that can track team projects and lend a hand.
The AI assistant formerly known as Google Assistant is being rebranded as simply "Gemini" - a conversational AI assistant for Android that understands context, answers questions, generates content, and can even detect spam calls through on-device processing.
Whether creating images from prompts, coding virtual assistants, or upgrading Google's bread-and-butter apps, Google has made a multi-billion dollar bet that Gemini AI will power the next wave of technological transformation.
As Pichai proclaimed, the "Gemini era" at Google has arrived, promising a future where AI is ambient, assistive, and woven into every part of our digital lives. With Gemini's capabilities expanding rapidly, Google is aiming to be at the forefront of the looming AI revolution. Image credits; Google #AI #Gemini #GoogleIO #AmbientComputing #GenerativeAI #GooglePhotos #VirtualAssistants #AugmentedReality #GoogleSearch #Productivity #GoogleWorkspace #Android
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