With the introduction of AI-powered search results, the human-generated web is taking a back seat, writes Casey Newton. Google plans to answer more questions directly on the search results page and, according to Newton, is abstracting the web into input for its big language models. The new concept of “let Google do the Googling for …
Google is offering “AI Essentials,” a new course that teaches users how to use generative AI to increase their productivity. The course focuses on practical applications such as brainstorming, decision-making, and speeding up everyday tasks. Source: Open Culture
Nvidia’s ChatRTX chatbot now supports Google’s Gemma model, allowing users to interact with their own documents, photos, and YouTube videos. The update also includes voice search and offers more ways to search locally stored data using different AI models.
As expected, Google used the keynote at its I/O developer conference to demonstrate its strength in AI. Among other things, the company presented new AI models for a wide range of tasks. Some will run directly on Android devices or can be found in the Chrome browser. Others use Google’s specialized servers. They create text, …
Google DeepMind develops “Gecko”, a new standard to evaluate the capabilities of AI image generators. It is designed to help better understand the strengths and weaknesses of AI models and drive their development.
Researchers at DeepMind have found that large language models can learn new skills through hundreds or even thousands of examples in the prompt, without the need to fine-tune the model. This method enables companies to quickly prototype and develop AI applications.
With “Infini-attention”, Google researchers have developed a technology that allows language models to process texts of theoretically infinite length without requiring additional memory and computing power. Source: VentureBeat
Google unveiled a series of updates to its enterprise AI offerings at its annual cloud computing conference in Las Vegas. Despite recent troubles with consumer-facing tools, the company insisted the technology is safe and ready for enterprise use. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian demonstrated how its most powerful AI model, Gemini, can be used for …
Google.org launches a $20 million grant program for nonprofit organizations developing generative AI technologies. The six-month program includes financial support, technical training, workshops, and mentoring to help participants implement their AI projects, which range from translation services for refugees to optimizing social benefit applications.
This Wired article tells the story behind the development of the “Transformer,“ a revolutionary AI architecture that powers modern language models like ChatGPT. A team of eight Google researchers developed the Transformer in 2017, based on the concept of attention. The team worked hard to complete the paper before an important conference deadline, and their …