Google’s main developer conference called I/O has just concluded with interesting developments about how the big tech giant plans to change the world.
These are the seven most important things we learned from Google at I/O 2024.
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Google I/O 2024 Conference (Google)
Google’s I/O event was largely an opportunity to explain to developers (and, to a lesser extent, consumers) why its artificial intelligence is ahead of rivals Microsoft and OpenAI. Here’s a rundown of the seven highlights you should pay attention to. Google’s AI, called Gemini, featured prominently at the I/O conference and is now available to developers around the world.
According to the conference, Gemini is now capable of extracting information from text, photos, audio, web pages and live videos from your phone’s camera and is able to synthesize the information it receives and answer questions you may have about it. This is what Gemini’s improvements look like in practice.
1. Phone Call Scam Detection Coming to Android Could Compromise Your Privacy
Google showed off a demo of its phone call scam detection feature, which the company says will come to a future version of Android. Its operation is revolutionary and worrying. The feature will scan voice calls as they occur in real time and is already raising huge privacy concerns.
It would be like allowing your phone calls to be tapped and monitored by big tech instead of big brother. Apple had planned a similar feature in iOS in 2021, but abandoned it following backlash from privacy advocates. Google is under similar pressure, and privacy advocates fear that the company, known for collecting and profiting from personal data, could soon misuse AI voice scanning technology.
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2. ‘Ask Photos’ Will Let AI Help You Discover Specific Things in Photos
The Ask Photos feature (Google)
Google introduced a new feature called Ask Photos, where users can ask Gemini to search for their photos and provide exact results. One example shown was using Gemini to locate images of her car in her photo album by telling him her license plate number.
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3. An AI button is coming to many of Google’s most popular productivity tools
As of now, Google has added a Gemini AI toggle button in the side panel of several of its Google Suite apps, including Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Similar to Microsoft’s Co-Pilot AI feature, the Gemini button can help answer questions, compose emails, and provide summaries of documents and email threads.
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4. AI tool called ‘Veo’ creates videos from text
AI Music Sandbox (Google)
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On a more experimental note, Google also introduced its VideoFX feature, a generative video model based on Google’s DeepMind video generator. I see. VideoFX can create Full HD (1080p) videos from text messages, and we also saw improvements made to ImageFX, Google’s high-resolution AI image generator.
For musicians, Google also showed off its new DJ mode in MusicFX, an AI-powered music generator that can be used to create loops and samples from cues.
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5. AI summaries will replace search results
A Google Search (Google)
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There’s been a lot of press lately about how difficult it has become to search for things on Google. Constant changes in search engine optimization, as well as a new wave of bots and AI-created content, have disrupted the once-monolithic search engine. However, Google showed off its new AI-organized search, which promises more readable search results.
Google also showed how it uses AI to create short summaries to help answer questions posed in the search box. These summaries will appear at the top of the search results page, so you won’t even need to visit another website to get the answers you may be looking for.
6. Google TV gets the AI treatment
Google managed to incorporate its Gemini AI into its Google TV smart TV operating system, allowing it to generate descriptions of movies and TV shows. When you’re viewing content that’s missing a description, Gemini will automatically complete it. Gemini on Google TV will now also translate descriptions into viewers’ native language, making it easier to find international shows and movies to watch.
7. AI for educational purposes
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Google also introduced LearnLM, a new generative AI model designed for education. It arises as a collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google’s research laboratory. LearnLM is designed as a chatbot that seeks to tutor students in a variety of subjects, from mathematics to English grammar.
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Kurt’s Key Takeaways
If you missed Google I/O 2024, here’s the scoop: Google’s AI, Gemini, stole the show with its ability to integrate information from various media and answer your queries on the fly. Notable features include scam call detection for Android, a photo search tool that can find your car using your license plate number, and Gemini’s integration into Google’s Workspace suite for smarter document management.
Additionally, Google’s new AI-powered search promises more readable results and Google TV now features AI-generated content descriptions. For creatives and students, Google introduced VideoFX for AI-generated videos, MusicFX DJ mode for music creation, and LearnLM, an AI tutor for students. It’s clear that Google is betting big on AI to stay ahead of the competition.
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