Google debuts new agents, content creation tools and search features powered by generative AI
By Marty Swant
Google’s vision for a world assisted by AI became more clear yesterday as the tech giant announced a wide range of updates for its generative AI capabilities across various software platforms and hardware devices.
At its annual developer conference Google I/O, the company debuted ways to use generative AI for everything from searching online and offline worlds to creating content and performing tasks. It also announced new AI models for its Gemini family with demos for making AI faster and more efficient with Gemini 1.5 Flash and potentially more private with Gemini Nano. Other upgrades included allowing for larger amounts of information digested by AI and new ways for platforms to process video, audio, images and text.
Separately, Google debuted new ways to create and edit video through a new AI video model called Veo. It also touted ways to create AI music through its Lyria model and Music AI Sandbox, which Google created in collaboration with YouTube and major artists like Björn (from ABBA) and Wyclef Jean. While Veo will compete with rival platforms like Runway and OpenAI’s Sora, the music feature puts it up against apps like Suno AI that have become increasingly popular.
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