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The top AI announcements from Google I/O | TechCrunch

May 15, 2024 - techcrunch.com
Google's I/O developer conference highlighted the company's focus on AI, with several new products and features announced. Google plans to use generative AI to organize Google Search results pages, providing AI-generated summaries and suggestions based on the search query. The company is also improving its AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, to better understand and respond to the world around it. Other announcements include Project Astra, an initiative to create AI-powered apps and agents, and Google Veo, an AI model that can create video clips from a text prompt.

Google Photos is getting an AI feature, Ask Photos, which allows users to search their photo collection using natural language queries. Gemini will also be integrated into Gmail, enabling users to search, summarize, and draft emails. Google also previewed an AI-powered feature to alert users to potential scams during a call, and enhancements to its TalkBack accessibility feature for Android, using AI to create aural descriptions of objects for low-vision and blind users.

Key takeaways:

  • Google plans to use generative AI to organize entire Google Search results pages, showing AI-enhanced results pages when it detects a user is looking for inspiration.
  • Google is improving its AI-powered chatbot Gemini with a new feature called Gemini Live, which allows users to have in-depth voice chats with Gemini on their smartphones.
  • Google Photos is launching an experimental feature, Ask Photos, which allows users to search across their Google Photos collection using natural language queries.
  • Google is enhancing its TalkBack accessibility feature for Android with generative AI, which will create aural descriptions of objects for low-vision and blind users.
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