Google is expanding its Workspace product by incorporating AI-powered security measures, including zero-trust and digital sovereignty controls, to ensure customer data is protected and to provide greater control over data use and access.
Google is aiming to increase its market share in the cloud industry by developing AI tools to compete with Microsoft and Amazon.
General Motors is collaborating with Google to introduce AI technologies throughout its business, including a partnership on GM's OnStar Interactive Virtual Assistant and exploring the potential applications of artificial intelligence in the automotive industry.
Google plans to charge large businesses $30 per month for each user of its Duet AI technology, which adds artificial intelligence enhancements to Gmail and other productivity apps, with similar pricing as Microsoft's upcoming 365 Copilot enhancements.
Google has introduced new AI-based solutions at its Google Next conference to enhance the cybersecurity capabilities of its cloud and security solutions, including integrating its AI tool Duet AI into products such as Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Chronicle Security Operations, and Security Command Center, to improve threat detection, provide response recommendations, and streamline security practices.
Google Cloud is heavily investing in generative AI, leveraging its innovations in Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to provide accelerated computing for training and inference. They offer a wide range of foundation models, including PaLM, Imagen, Codey, and Chirp, allowing for customization and use in specific industries. Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, combined with no-code tools, enables researchers, developers, and practitioners to easily work with generative AI models. Additionally, Google has integrated their AI assistant, Duet AI, with various cloud services to automate tasks and assist developers, operators, and security professionals.
Google Cloud's CEO, Thomas Kurian, stated that the company's latest AI products, Duet AI in Workspace and Vertex AI, have the potential to revolutionize the market and bring AI capabilities to every department and industry, similar to how Google simplified access to the internet.
Microsoft Copilot and Google Duet are powerful AI assistants that enhance productivity in proprietary applications, with Copilot offering better integration and features, especially within Microsoft Teams.
Google and Salesforce have announced an expanded partnership that integrates data and context from Salesforce to Google Workspace in an open platform, intensifying the competition with Microsoft in the artificial intelligence (AI) space.
AI tools from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are being integrated into productivity platforms like Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace, offering a wide range of AI-powered features for tasks such as text generation, image generation, and data analysis, although concerns remain regarding accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
AI tools are increasingly being used to improve productivity and simplify various aspects of life, including time management with tools like Reclaim.ai, budget management with Cleo, mindfulness with Breathhh, content moderation with ActiveFence, workout routines with Gymbuddy, and content summarization with Wordtune. These tools leverage AI to make tasks more efficient and accessible to all.
Google has incorporated its AI chatbot, Bard, into applications such as YouTube, Gmail, and Drive, enabling users to collaborate with the chatbot while using these services, as the competition between Google and OpenAI intensifies.
Google has a variety of AI projects under development that can transform workflows and generate music, and users can sign up for early access to these experiments through Google Labs.
AI productivity tools, such as Clara, Alli AI, Grain, Lex, Vervoe, Slides AI, Goblin.tools, and Lumen5, offer efficient and time-saving solutions for tasks like scheduling meetings, optimizing websites, transcribing and summarizing meetings, capturing notes, assessing job candidates, creating presentations, breaking down tasks, and creating videos.
