YouTube is integrating artificial intelligence into numerous features for creators. The company has announced the integration of Google’s AI video model Veo into YouTube Shorts. This will allow users to generate high-quality backgrounds and short video clips. In addition, a new Inspiration tab in YouTube Studio will offer AI-powered suggestions for video ideas, titles and …
Google is planning to introduce a system for labeling AI-generated and -processed images in search results. In the coming months, the company plans to roll out an updated “About This Image” feature that will inform users whether an image was taken with a camera, edited with software, or generated by AI models. The labeling is …
The Irish data protection authority is investigating Google for possible breaches of EU data protection rules in the development of its AI models. The focus is on whether Google conducted a privacy impact assessment for its PaLM2 AI language model, Natasha Lomas reports for TechCrunch. The agency is investigating whether Google sufficiently considered the risks …
Google is adding an audio feature to its AI-powered note-taking app NotebookLM. The new “Audio Overview” allows users to get verbal explanations of complex topics from uploaded documents, as Aisha Malik reports for TechCrunch. AI-generated virtual hosts summarize the content and explain difficult concepts using metaphors. The feature is aimed at people who absorb information …
Google is introducing two new AI models called DataGemma, which are designed to answer statistical questions more accurately. The models, based on the Gemma family, use data from Google’s Data Commons platform. As Shubham Sharma reports in an article for VentureBeat, the models use two different approaches: Retrieval Interleaved Generation (RIG) and Retrieval Augmented Generation …
Google is starting to roll out Gemini Live outside of the “Advanced“ plan on Android. This feature allows natural conversations with the AI assistant, including the ability to interrupt answers. It’s similar to ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, which was introduced months ago but is still not available to all users. As Abner Li reports for …
Google has introduced Prompt Poet, an innovative tool for advanced prompt engineering. As Michael Trestman reports for VentureBeat, the system developed by Character.ai simplifies the creation of complex prompts for large language models through a user-friendly template system. Prompt Poet seamlessly integrates external data to enable contextual AI responses. The special feature of Prompt Poet …
Google is launching its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature. The new feature, based on the Gemini AI model, allows users to use complex natural language queries to find photos. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that the feature will initially be available to select customers in the US. With “Ask Photos,” users can search for the best …
Google’s DeepMind researchers have developed a new method called JEST that significantly speeds up AI training while reducing energy requirements. By optimizing the selection of training data, JEST can reduce the number of iterations by a factor of 13 and the computational complexity by a factor of 10.
Google wants to improve the accuracy of its AI models. To avoid “hallucinations,” the company is working with partners such as Moody’s, Thomson Reuters, and ZoomInfo who will feed the AI systems with up-to-date information. A new “confidence score” is also supposed to indicate how confident the AI is in its answer being correct. With …