Main topic: Google is adding contextual images and videos to its AI-powered Search Generative Experiment (SGE) and showing the date of publishing for suggested links.
Key points:
1. Google is enhancing its AI-powered Search Generative Experiment (SGE) by adding contextual images and videos related to search queries.
2. The company is also displaying the date of publishing for suggested links to provide users with information about the recency of the content.
3. Google has made performance improvements to ensure quick access to AI-powered search results.
4. Users can sign up for testing these new features through Search Labs and access them through the Google app or Chrome.
5. Google is exploring generative AI in various products, including its chatbot Bard, Workspace tools, and enterprise solutions.
6. Google Assistant is also expected to incorporate generative AI, according to recent reports.
Over half of participants using AI at work experienced a 30% increase in productivity, and there are beginner-friendly ways to integrate generative AI into existing tools such as GrammarlyGo, Slack apps like DailyBot and Felix, and Canva's AI-powered design tools.
Google is reportedly developing an AI writing and editing feature, called "Help me write," for Chromebooks, which will be available to improve text written in various apps. The feature is expected to be launched with ChromeOS version 118 in mid-October.
Some companies are hiring AI prompt engineers to help them optimize generative AI technology, but as the tech improves at understanding user prompts, these skills may become less necessary.
Prompt engineering, the skill of using natural language to extract useful content from AI models, is not as straightforward as it seems, with limited job opportunities and the need for both domain experts and technical experts in the field.
Google has developed a prototype AI-powered research tool called NotebookLM, which allows users to interact with and create new things from their own notes, and could potentially be integrated into Google Docs or Drive in the future. The tool generates source guides, provides answers to questions based on the user's provided data, and offers citations for its responses. While still in the prototype phase, NotebookLM has the potential to become a powerful and personalized chatbot.
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 is expanding the availability of its generative AI-powered search engine, Search Generative Experience (SGE), to India and Japan, allowing the company to test its functionality at scale in different languages and gather user feedback. Google is also improving the appearance of web page links in generative AI responses and seeing high user satisfaction, particularly among younger users who appreciate the ability to ask follow-up questions. This move comes as Microsoft has been offering its own generative AI-powered search engine, Bing, for months, aiming to compete with Google in the AI space.
Google has expanded its Search Generative Experience (SGE) program, which aims to provide curated answers to input prompts, to Japan and India, allowing users to access AI-enhanced search through voice input in multiple languages. The company claims that users are having a positive experience with SGE, particularly young adults, although no supporting data was provided. However, the rise in misuse of generative AI systems, such as online scams, has also raised concerns among regulators and lawmakers.
Startup Hiber has integrated Google's generative AI technology into its Hiber3D development platform, allowing creators to use natural language prompts to generate in-game content and build expansive online worlds, simplifying the creative process.
Generative AI is being explored for augmenting infrastructure as code tools, with developers considering using AI models to analyze IT through logfiles and potentially recommend infrastructure recipes needed to execute code. However, building complex AI tools like interactive tutors is harder and more expensive, and securing funding for big AI investments can be challenging.
Google has announced updates to its Bard AI chatbot that give it access to various Google tools, including YouTube and Google Drive, enabling it to assist users in a wider range of tasks such as planning trips or summarizing meeting notes. The updates also include multilingual capabilities, fact-checking abilities, and enhancements to the language model. The move demonstrates Google's effort to enhance the functionality and usefulness of its consumer-facing AI technologies.
The skill of prompt engineering, which involves refining and inputting text commands for generative AI programs, is highly valued by companies and can lead to high-paying job opportunities.
Microsoft and Google have introduced generative AI tools for the workplace, showing that the technology is most useful in enterprise first before broader consumer adoption, with features such as text generators, meeting summarizers, and email assistants.
Google has introduced new generative AI features in Google Workspace, such as Smart Compose and Smart Reply in Gmail, to help users be more productive and creative in tasks like writing emails, creating images, and proofreading documents. These features are experimental and can be accessed by anyone with a Google account and Chrome browser, and Google is also developing more AI-powered tools in the future.
Google has launched training resources for generative AI, offering both introductory and advanced learning paths that include theory, practical experience, and skill badges, with continued updates to keep up with the latest developments in the field.
Google is expanding its generative AI search experience to teenagers, allowing them to ask questions in a conversational manner and introducing safeguards to protect them from inappropriate content, as well as adding more context to search results and improving the model's ability to detect false or offensive queries.
Google is introducing Google-Extended, a part of robots.txt, to give web publishers control over whether their sites contribute to improving AI training data for generative APIs.
Google is expanding access to its generative AI-supported Search (SGE) to users aged 13 to 17, while implementing safeguards to protect them from inappropriate content, and offering an AI Literacy Guide for teens and parents to understand responsible use; in addition, Google is providing web publisher controls with Google-Extended to decide whether their content can be used to train AI models.
Induced AI, a startup founded by teenagers, has raised $2.3 million in seed funding to develop a platform that automates workflows by converting plain English instructions into pseudo-code and utilizing browser automation to complete tasks previously handled by back offices. The platform allows for bi-directional interaction and can handle complex processes, making it distinct from existing models in the industry.
Google plans to add generative artificial intelligence capabilities to its virtual assistant, allowing it to provide personalized help with reasoning and generative capabilities on mobile devices.
Google announced at its Made by Google event that it will integrate its Bard AI chatbot into Google Assistant, providing more contextually aware responses and a more personalized helper for mobile users in the coming months.
Google Assistant is integrating Bard, a generative AI, to provide enhanced voice assistance capabilities including tasks such as creating shopping lists and exporting outputs to Google Docs. The feature will be available on Android and iOS devices in the coming months.
Google is incorporating AI technology to help users set up automations in their smart homes, condensing notifications into summaries and suggesting automations based on recognized events.
Google Assistant is set to undergo a significant upgrade with the introduction of Bard, a generative AI technology that will enhance its capabilities by integrating personalized help, reasoning, and generative capabilities to provide proactive and efficient assistance across multiple channels.
Google is introducing new features in Google Home, including simplified notifications using generative AI, to provide a quick summary of events captured by its Nest Doorbell and Camera lineup, as well as allowing users to ask for specific information and set up parameters based on what has been seen.
Google has introduced Assistant with Bard, an AI-powered service that combines generative AI chatbot Bard with Google Assistant to provide more personalized and conversational assistance across text, voice, and image interactions while integrating with Google services, though it will be rolled out in stages and tested by early users before being made available to the public.
Google Assistant will integrate Google's browser-based AI chat program, Bard, into its responses, allowing it to perform more complex tasks such as generating cover letters, writing code, and answering complex questions.
Google is introducing an AI-powered search experience called Google SGE, which aims to provide quick and concise responses to user queries, but it often generates answers from unreliable sources and other machine-generated responses, leading to errors and a degraded user experience.
Google has announced the launch of its Search Generative Experience (SGE), allowing users to create images and written drafts from text prompts, similar to Microsoft's OpenAI-based Bing Chat feature. The tool is powered by Google's Imagen family of AI models and includes features to refine queries and generate AI-generated images from Google Images. The company emphasizes responsible deployment and restricts certain types of images, while also enabling export of drafts to Google Docs or Gmail.
Google's AI-powered search feature, SGE, can now generate images using prompts and allow users to write drafts with customizable outputs, expanding its capabilities as the pace of AI technology development quickens.
Google is experimenting with a new feature within its AI-powered Search Generative Experience that allows users to generate AI images directly from within Google Search by typing a text description.
Companies are focusing on learning how to effectively deploy AI tools, realizing that poorly crafted prompts and unspecialized models can lead to inaccuracies and inefficiencies, with some firms creating prompt libraries and in-house models to improve AI output. Specialist fine-tuning and the use of libraries of embeddings are becoming crucial for companies to personalize AI models and achieve better outcomes. While some believe the importance of prompts will decrease as AI becomes more intelligent, others argue that engineered prompts will still be needed for irregular tasks.
Google has announced new AI features for Google Search, allowing users to generate images and get writing inspiration using generative AI capabilities.
Generative AI is being integrated with DevOps systems to predict and prevent application failure, providing developers with suggestions on how to fix potential issues and automate problem-solving tasks.
Google has introduced a new feature called Search Generative Experience (SGE) in the Chrome browser, which allows users to generate AI-driven search results and ask complex questions with follow-up inquiries.
Google is bringing generative artificial intelligence to its digital assistant, which could revolutionize the way people interact with their devices and potentially disrupt Google's native digital advertising model.
IBM has launched watsonx Code Assistant, an AI-powered assistant that helps enterprise developers and IT operators code more quickly and accurately using natural language prompts, with capabilities for IT automation and mainframe application modernization. The product leverages generative AI to improve code quality and is designed to accelerate development while maintaining trust, security, and compliance.
