New Search, AI for Android and more: 8 key AI announcements made by Google at I/O 2024
Google kickstarted Gemini I/O 2024 with a slew of announcements and innovations in AI. There’s an all-new AI seasrch experience coming, Gemini AI is getting smarter and the core of Android will now be AI.
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Google is calling it the era of Gemini, where most of its apps and services will be powered by Gemini AI.
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The upgraded Gemini models can boast extended context window (2 million tokens) for faster and efficient AI-powered tasks. Google also announced Gemini 1.5 Flash, for wider application but something which is small and fast
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Google wants to put AI at the core of Android. Circle to Search — AI feature introduced earlier this year — gets better and can now help students with homework. Google says that Circle to Search will reach 200 million users by 2024.
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Google gave a glimpse into the future of AI assistants under something Project Astra. The tool allows real-time conversation based on what your smartphone camera captures. It’s not clear when the AI tool will be rolled out to all users but it certainly looks impressive.
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Google is adding Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, Docs, Drive, Slides and Sheets. It now has a longer context window and can can answer a wider variety of questions and provide more insightful responses.
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Ever since OpenAI debuted Sora, all eyes were on Google. The company didn’t disappoint as it introduced Veo, an AI tool for generating high-quality videos. One can edit videos with Veo and add cinematic effects and more
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Google is ditching the good old search format — that is if you want to — for a new AI-powered expereience. Called AI Overviews, users can see AI summaries providing insights directly on the search results page. The feature is being rolled out all users in the US with no word on availability in other regions.
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Google also showcased personalised AI assistants called Gems. Thsese can be customised and personalised based on a user’s needs and their usage patterns with Gemini AI.
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