Google I/O keynote day has arrived, bringing a whirlwind of announcements and unveilings. Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest news from the keynote:
Firebase Genkit
A new addition to the Firebase platform, Firebase Genkit, aims to simplify building AI-powered applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Go support coming soon. This open-source framework under the Apache 2.0 license is designed for AI use cases such as content generation, text translation, and image creation.
Generative AI for Learning: LearnLM
Google introduced LearnLM, a new family of generative AI models fine-tuned for educational purposes. Developed in collaboration with Google’s DeepMind and Google Research, LearnLM can tutor students conversationally and assist educators in lesson planning.
AI-Generated Quizzes on YouTube
YouTube now features AI-generated quizzes for educational videos, allowing users to ask clarifying questions, get explanations, and take quizzes. This tool, initially rolling out to select Android users in the U.S., leverages the Gemini model’s long-context capabilities.
Gemma 2 Updates
Responding to developer requests, Google is launching a new 27-billion-parameter Gemma model in June. This larger model, optimized by Nvidia, runs efficiently on a single TPU host and vertex AI.
Google Play Enhancements
Google Play is introducing a discovery feature for apps, user acquisition tools, Play Points updates, and improvements to developer tools like the SDK Console and Play Integrity API. The Engage SDK will allow app makers to showcase content in a personalized, full-screen experience.
Scam Detection in Calls
A new Android feature, utilizing the Gemini Nano AI model, will alert users to potential scams during calls. The system detects scam patterns in real time and notifies users, aiming to protect them from fraudulent schemes.
Ask Photos in Google Photos
Google Photos will soon have an AI-powered feature called Ask Photos, which allows users to search their photo collections using natural language queries. This feature, rolling out later this summer, enhances the search experience with AI’s understanding of photo content.
Gemini AI Integrations
- Gmail: Gemini AI will help users search, summarize, and draft emails, and assist with tasks like processing e-commerce returns.
- Gemini 1.5 Pro: The upgraded model can analyze longer documents and media, supporting up to 2 million tokens.
- Gemini Live: This new experience enables in-depth voice chats with AI, adapting to user speech patterns and surroundings.
- Gemini Nano: Integrated into Chrome, this small AI model will power features like the “help me write” tool in Gmail.
AI in Google Maps
Gemini capabilities are coming to the Google Maps platform, starting with the Places API, allowing developers to generate AI summaries of locations based on community insights.
New Tensor Processing Units
Google unveiled its sixth-generation TPUs, named Trillium, promising a 4.7x performance boost and advanced capabilities for processing large embeddings.
AI-Powered Search Enhancements
Google is enhancing its search capabilities with AI-powered overviews and plans to use generative AI for organizing search results. The AI Overview feature, previously in AI Labs, is now generally available.
Imagen 3
Google announced Imagen 3, the latest in its generative AI model family, which offers improved text-to-image translation and creativity with fewer artifacts and errors.
Project IDX
Now in open beta, Project IDX is an AI-centric development environment integrating Google Maps Platform, Chrome Dev Tools, and Lighthouse, with future support for Cloud Run deployments.
Veo for Video Generation
Google introduced Veo, an AI model capable of creating 1080p video clips from text prompts. Veo can produce various visual styles and make edits to existing footage.
Circle to Search
This AI-powered feature on Android allows users to engage with Google Search using gestures. It now solves more complex problems and aids with homework.
New Pixel Devices
- Pixel 8a: Announced last week, the Pixel 8a starts at $499 and features the Tensor G3 chip.
- Pixel Slate: Google’s Pixel Tablet, called Slate, is now available, offering flexibility with or without its base.
Stay tuned for more updates and detailed reviews of these exciting new features and devices from Google I/O.
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