Posted 2/2/2024, 6:41:47 PM
Google Maps to Add Generative AI for Personalized Recommendations
- Google Maps is getting a new generative AI feature to provide personalized recommendations for places to go based on natural language prompts
- The feature will initially be available to select Local Guides before rolling out more broadly
- It follows other Google products starting to integrate generative AI like search and product review summaries
- There are concerns around accuracy, hallucinations, and oversimplification with generative AI
- This shows Google's increasing comfort with and investment in generative AI across its products