Google Invests $3 Billion in U.S. Data Centers, Launches $75 Million AI Opportunity Fund
The fund aims to train one million Americans from all backgrounds with essential AI skills at no cost.
Google and their dedicated research lab, DeepMind, are frontrunners in the global AI community. Their latest models include LaMDA, PaLM, Imagen and MusicLM. They offer Bard, a conversational AI similar to ChatGPT. With DuetAI, they integrate generative AI into Google Workspace. With Vertex AI, users can construct, deploy, and scale efficient AI models on Google Cloud.
Microsoft and Alphabet Ride AI Wave to Impressive Q1 Earnings, Meta Stumbles
AI has been a key driver for Microsoft and Alphabet with Microsoft's cloud services, particularly its Azure platform, benefiting from the technology. Alphabet's Google Cloud division also turned a profit for the first time, now accounting for over 10% of the company's overall revenue.
Google's AI Photo Editing Tools Available to all Google Photos Users
Starting May 15th, Google Photos users will be able to access tools like Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and Portrait Light for free.
Google Expands Gemma Family with New Models for Developers and Researchers
CodeGemma is designed to assist developers while RecurrentGemma is a technically distinct model that leverages recurrent neural networks and local attention for improved memory efficiency.
Google Unveils new AI-Powered Video Creation App, Security, and Workflow Enhancements for Workspace
Vids will sit alongside our other productivity tools like Docs, Sheets, and Slides. It will initially be available in Google Workspace Labs in June 2024, with plans to eventually roll it out to customers with Gemini for Workspace subscriptions.
Google Unveils Imagen 2 on Vertex AI, Can Generate Live Images
In addition to image generation and editing, Imagen on Vertex AI offers visual captioning, providing text descriptions of images, and Visual Question Answering (VQA), which delivers answers to questions about an image.
NVIDIA and Google Cloud Join Forces to Help Startups Accelerate AI Innovation
The collaboration combines the benefits of Google Cloud and NVIDIA Inception, offering cloud credits, go-to-market support, and technical expertise to thousands of startups.
Google Unveils Axion, Custom Arm-Based Chips for Data Centers
Axion promises improved performance, energy efficiency, and sustainability for cloud computing.
Google Upgrades Android Studio's AI-Assistant with Gemini Pro
Studio bot assists developers by generating code snippets, providing relevant resources, and sharing best practices.
Tech Giants Push Boundaries to Access AI Training Data
AI systems rely on vast amounts of data for training and operation, and the methods used to obtain this data are not always ethical.
Google's AI Sprinters Report Offers Roadmap for Emerging Markets
The report calls for a collective push towards AI integration, urging governments, international bodies, and development agencies to view AI as an integral component of their development strategies.
Google DeepMind's New Research Shows LLMs Can Outperform Humans in Fact-Checking
The research introduces a novel method for evaluating long-form factuality in LLMs, demonstrating that bigger models are more factual and that LLMs are 20 times cheaper than human annotators.
Google's VideoPrism Is a General Purpose Model that Understands What It Sees
VideoPrism can handle a wide range of tasks, including classification, localization, retrieval, captioning and question answering.
Google DeepMind and Liverpool Team Up on TacticAI: An AI Assistant for Corner Kick Strategy
Blind evaluations with Liverpool FC's experts found that TacticAI's suggestions were indistinguishable from real tactics and were preferred 90% of the time over existing setups.
YouTube Introduces AI-Generated Content Labeling Tool for Creators
The disclosures will appear as labels in the expanded description or on the front of the video player, depending on the sensitivity of the topics covered.
Apple Exploring AI Partnerships with Google and OpenAI
If the deal comes to fruition, it will likely result in a hybrid approach. Apple will focus on developing smaller models that can run on its devices, possibly with an API that allows developers to access certain functionalities without the need to download models independently.
Meet SIMA: Google's New AI that Can Play Video Games with You
The research is building towards more general AI systems and agents that can understand and safely carry out a wide range of tasks in a way that is helpful to people online and in the real world.
Google Releases Derm Foundation and Path Foundation: Domain-Specific Tools for Dermatology and Pathology Embeddings
These tools aim to facilitate the development of custom machine learning models for specialized medical imaging domains, requiring less data and computational resources compared to traditional methods.
Google CEO Addresses Gemini AI Controversy, Vows Changes
Google confirmed the memo and outlined a clear set of actions to address the issue, including structural changes, updated product guidelines, improved launch processes, robust evaluations and red-teaming, and technical recommendations.
Google Apologizes and Explains What Went Wrong with Gemini's Embarassing Image Generation
Given all the red-teaming, testing, and responsible AI practices that Google touts with each model release, how did such an obviously flawed feature end up in one of the world's most leading foundation models?
Chrome Gets Built-In AI Writing Assistance
The feature is called "Help Me Write," and is powered by Gemini. The AI analyzes the content and context of the website you are on to provide tailored recommendations.
Google One Members Can Now Get Access to Gemini Advanced
This provides Premium subscribers access to AI-powered productivity features like helping draft emails, itineraries, budgets, presentations and more.
Google Announces Gemini for Workspace
By integrating generative AI directly into familiar Workspace apps, Google is not only hoping to make its AI tools more accessible but also ensure they are practical and relevant to everyday tasks.
Why Google is Pausing Gemini's Ability to Generate Images
Some critics have accused Google's culture of pushing a "pro-diversity bias," while others see this as a good faith but imperfect attempt to showcase variety. In any case, the company says it is prioritizing upgrades to improve accuracy.
Google Unveils Gemma, A New Family of State-of-the-Art Open Models
Gemma achieved state-of-the-art results across several key benchmarks, outscoring popular open models like Llama-2 and Mistral.