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Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
The standard Gemma models were only available in 2 billion and 7 billion parameter versions, making this quite a step up.
This is a great example of a company using generative AI to open its software to more users.
Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps
Firebase Genkit is an open source framework that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications.
This will enable developers to use the on-device model to power their own AI features.
Google’s Circle to Search feature will now be able to solve more complex problems across psychics and math word problems.
People can now search using a video they upload combined with a text query to get an AI overview of the answers they need.
A search results page based on generative AI as its ranking mechanism will have wide-reaching consequences for online publishers.
Google has built a custom Gemini model for search to combine real-time information, Google’s ranking, long context and multimodal features.
At its Google I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips.
Google reveals plans for upgrading AI in the real world through Gemini Live at Google I/O 2024
Google is upgrading Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, with features aimed at making the experience more ambient and contextually useful.
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Veo can generate few-seconds-long 1080p video clips given a text prompt.
At Google I/O, Google announced upgrades to Gemini 1.5 Pro, including a bigger context window. .
The AI upgrade will make finding the right content more intuitive and less of a manual search process.
Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced.
Online travel agency Expedia is testing an AI assistant that bolsters features like search, itinerary building, trip planning, and real-time travel updates.
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The keynote kicks off at 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday and will offer glimpses into the latest versions of Android, Wear OS and Android TV.