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Today, we’re going to highlight some of Google’s new releases from Google I/O 2024 as it was a BIG day for Google yesterday! But don’t worry, we’ll have some other AI news down below 😉 

First up, is Project Astra, Google’s answer to ChatGPT-4o’s vision capabilities. A tester interacts with a prototype of AI agents supported by our multimodal foundation model, Gemini. There are two continuous takes: one with the prototype running on a Google Pixel phone and another on a prototype glasses device. The agent takes in a constant stream of audio and video input. It can reason about its environment in real time and interact with the tester in a conversation about what it is seeing.

Next is Google DeepMind's text-to-video model Veo, which could give Sora a run for its money. Veo is Google DeepMind's most capable video generation model to date. It generates high-quality, 1080p resolution videos that can go beyond a minute, in a wide range of cinematic and visual styles. The model is also able to make video clips and extend them to 60 seconds and beyond. It can do this either from a single prompt, or by being given a sequence of prompts which together tell a story.

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Introducing VideoFX, plus new features for ImageFX and MusicFX. VideoFX is the latest experiment from labs.google, and you can check out new updates to MusicFX and ImageFX, now available in 110+ countries. Check out Imagen3 here. To use VideoFX and ImageFX, please join Google’s waitlist.

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Today’s Headlines:

• Get more done with Gemini: Try 1.5 Pro and more intelligent features - Now, we’re making several updates — including a longer context window, new data analysis capabilities, connections to additional Google apps and more customizable options — so you can collaborate with the most intelligent and personalized Gemini yet.

• Announcing Trillium, the sixth generation of Google Cloud TPU - We're excited to announce Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU, the most performant and most energy-efficient TPU to date. Trillium TPUs make it possible to train the next wave of foundation models faster and serve those models with reduced latency and lower cost. Critically, our sixth-generation TPUs are also our most sustainable: Trillium TPUs are over 67% more energy-efficient than TPU v5e.

• LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education - Google says it has developed a new family of generative AI models “fine-tuned” for learning: LearnLM. LearnLM models — built on top of Google’s Gemini models — are designed to “conversationally” tutor students on a range of subjects.

• All of Google's I/O 2024 Updates - At Google I/O 2024, our annual developer conference, we shared how we're building more helpful products and features with AI — including improvements across Search, Workspace, Photos, Android and more. Read on for everything we announced.

• OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever to exit firm - Sutskever confirmed his departure on X writing, "After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI. The company's trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous, and I'm confident that OpenAI will build AGI that is both safe and beneficial." Jakub Pachocki, the company's director of research, is being promoted to chief scientist.

• TikTok is testing AI-generated search results - The new feature is called “search highlights”. A snippet of AI results appear at the top of some search results pages, and clicking into the section opens a new page with the full response. The material is generated using ChatGPT, and TikTok displays the content “when [the algorithm] finds them relevant to your search.” The feature appears to be limited so far: not all queries have AI answers.

• Verizon unveils new AI tools to transform customer experience - New human-assisted GenAI technology offers more transparency, saves time and simplifies tasks for employees helping customers. These new AI tools will enhance customer service, including a personal research assistant, resolution ‘Fast Pass,’ and in-store experiences to streamline support and customer satisfaction.

• Expedia's new holiday AI tools - Project Explorer is an exciting new AI travel assistant feature developed by EG Labs from Expedia Group. Powered by OpenAI’s cutting-edge technology, Project Explorer helps you discover travel ideas using prompts and plan your itinerary in seconds, including hotels, and activity recommendations.

• Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product - Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo recently acquired), is joining Anthropic as the company’s first chief product officer. As CPO, Krieger will oversee Anthropic’s product engineering, management and design efforts. In addition to consumer-focused projects like the recently released Claude app for mobile, Krieger also will be responsible for Anthropic’s enterprise services, subscriptions and software.

• Apple Previews Eye Tracking and Other Accessibility Tools - Among the new features is the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Eye Tracking, which lets users navigate their iPads and/or iPhones using just their eyes. “Designed for users with physical disabilities, Eye Tracking uses the front-facing camera to set up and calibrate in seconds, and with on-device machine learning, all data used to set up and control this feature is kept securely on device, and isn’t shared with Apple,” the company said.

• What does a long context window mean for an AI model, like Gemini? - In a nutshell, a long context window means that the model can remember a lot of information at once. Knowing what context represents in AI is necessary to learn more about a long context window and how it affects a bot's or other system's performance. Here's what that means.

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