Google's Lookout App Adds Detailed, AI-Powered Image Descriptions
Google's Lookout app, designed for blind and low-vision users, now uses AI to provide more detailed descriptions of images and allows users to ask follow-up questions about them.
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Posted 9/5/2023, 5:00:00 PM
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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.
Main topic: Google is rolling out a new Memories view tab in Google Photos that uses AI to curate and organize users' photos and offers title suggestions.
Key points:
1. Memories view tab replaces the "Share" option and allows users to relive past events and easily share them.
2. Generative AI suggests titles for memories based on the photos within them, and users can guide the AI with hints or choose to name memories themselves.
3. Users can invite others as "co-authors" of a memory, allowing them to see and contribute their own photos to the scrapbook.
Google has updated the Android logo and mascot with a new 3D look, and introduced new features including an AI-powered image description tool and an Assistant widget.
Google has introduced new features for Android devices, including an AI-powered widget, an app for describing images, photo import for Google Wallet passes, support for Zoom and Webex on Android Auto, and the ability to get activity and sleep data from Fitbit or Google Fit.
Microsoft's Photos app is testing AI-powered features including background blur and smarter search capabilities for photos connected to OneDrive.
Microsoft's Bing search engine is receiving several AI improvements, including the integration of OpenAI's DALLE-E 3 model, the ability to provide more personalized answers based on prior chats, and the addition of invisible digital watermarks to AI-generated images for content authenticity. These enhancements aim to enhance user experiences and ensure responsible image generation.