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Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stage
Google’s CEO takes the stage and he signals that they will be talking about artificial intelligence all day.
“As you may have heard, AI has had a very busy year,” Pichai said.
“With generative AI, we’re taking the next step,” he added.
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Let’s talk about Google Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a and new Android features
February 02, 2023 Android statistics will be shown at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Justin Sullivan | Good pictures
Google is also likely to discuss updates to Android, the world’s most used operating system with 3 billion active devices. Android 14 is expected to be released this summer, and the company may spend some time talking about some new consumer-facing features.
Google is expected to launch new hardware under its Pixel brand, such as the Pixel Fold, Pixel 7A and Pixel Tablet. According to Counterpoint Research, Google’s Pixel phones account for only 2% of the US market. — as Leswing
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Google opens with music created partly with AI
Ahead of Google I/O, attendees are treated to a free concert from indie electronic artist Dan Deacon.
Deacon’s song, “When I’m Dying,” was created in part by Google’s generative AI tools, he said. The background was made by an image generator reacting to the lyrics of the song.
“I’m going to be playing some songs, and there’s a lot of content to be created using Fenaki, Bard and MusicLM,” said Deegan. – How Leswing
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AI should take center-stage at Google I/O 2023
Google introduced Bart AI, its own chatbot to compete with Microsoft and OpenAI’s ChatGBT.
Jonathan Raw | NoorPhoto | Good pictures
This year, many of Google’s announcements are expected to focus on artificial intelligence. AI has become a hot topic in the tech industry, thanks to the attention of OpenAI and rival Microsoft, which have integrated so-called “big language models” into the search engine.
But Google is heavily involved in developing these technologies, particularly in the architecture of the transformers used by ChatGPT and other competitors. It has its own chatbot, Bart, which is currently limited to select beta testers. It is one of the strongest AI departments, recently reorganized as Google DeepMind. — as Leswing
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We are at Google I/O 2023
Google I/O 2023
Jennifer Elias | CNBC
We are sitting at Google I/O 2023 and ready to launch the event.
The keynote will last for two hours and the announcements will run the gamut from software to hardware news. But, as we already said, artificial intelligence will be the main focus of Google I/O 2023.
The company plans to announce several formative AI updates, including the introduction of a general-purpose large language model (LLM), CNBC reported Monday. — Jennifer Elias
