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Ars Technica
1 day ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

Google acknowledged flaws in its AI Overview feature, working to improve the system.
AI Overview feature aims to provide summarized answers but generated inaccurate and harmful responses.
Google VP Liz Reid provided insight into the flawed design and steps taken to enhance the feature. [ more ]
#nintendo-characters
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 day ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's troubled AI feature hilariously makes Nintendo characters LGBTQ+

Google's AI, Gemini, inaccurately labels Nintendo characters as LGBTQ+, leading to ridicule and criticism. [ more ]
LGBTQ Nation
2 days ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's AI is telling people that Nintendo characters are gay & trans & it's hilarious - LGBTQ Nation

Google's AI Gemini is associating Nintendo characters with LGBTQ+ identities based on sourced information, sparking excitement and controversy. [ more ]
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#generative-ai
9to5Google
6 days ago
Artificial intelligence

Google already knows how to make AI in Search helpful, but it's not with AI Overviews

Google AI Overviews in Search facing challenges with misinformation due to generative AI limitations. [ more ]
Marketing Dive
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Sociable: Google goes big on generative AI at I/O 2024

Google is focusing on advanced AI features, including generative AI for search results, potentially impacting referral traffic and SEO strategies. [ more ]
The Verge
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model

Google introduces Veo, a generative AI video model for creating high-quality videos based on natural language prompts. [ more ]
Social Media Today
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Adds Generative AI Image Creation to Demand Gen Campaigns

Generative AI tools can help efficiently test new creative concepts. Google ensures transparency by making AI-generated images identifiable. [ more ]
Engadget
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Meta's AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races

Meta AI's image generator shows bias by consistently depicting people of the same race, even when prompted otherwise.
Other subtle signs of bias in Meta AI include age discrepancies between Asian men and women and the inclusion of culturally specific attire. [ more ]
Engadget
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in

Google's AI-generated summaries are appearing on search results for a subset of queries in the US without requiring opt-in.
Google is testing AI summaries for complex queries to provide more informative search results. [ more ]
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The Atlantic
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI Search

Google's new AI feature provides direct answers to health queries, but accuracy issues may be a concern. [ more ]
#search-results
www.vox.com
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

You searched Google. The AI hallucinated an answer. Who's legally responsible?

Google is shifting towards using AI to provide written answers to user searches instead of ranked links, with mixed results in accuracy. [ more ]
Ars Technica
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's "AI Overview" can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

Google AI Overviews may have factual errors, which can be amplified due to their prominent placement on search results. [ more ]
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Ars Technica
1 week ago
Tech industry

Bing outage shows just how little competition Google search really has

The Bing outage affected various services relying on its search API, highlighting a single point of vulnerability in the industry. [ more ]
Social Media Today
1 week ago
Marketing

Google Announces New AI Ad Tools at Marketing Live 2024

Google introduces brand profiles to highlight business information and engage customers through visuals and convenient shopping features. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Tech industry

Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs

Google introduces AI Overviews to provide quick answers and streamline searches, potentially reducing traffic to external websites. [ more ]
#phone-security
ReadWrite
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google to roll out AI-powered theft detection on Android phones

Google introduces new AI for phone security by detecting phone theft and automatically locking it down. [ more ]
WIRED
2 weeks ago
Digital life

Android Can Now Detect When Your Phone Is Stolen

Google's AI detects phone snatching using sensors for automatic screen lock. [ more ]
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#youtube
Tech Times
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

YouTube Brandcast Adds AI to Advertisement Campaigns

YouTube is optimizing Google AI in its 'Video Reach Campaigns Non-Skips' for enhanced ad performance and advertiser reach. [ more ]
Adweek
2 weeks ago
Marketing

YouTube Pitches Massive TV Viewership, Ad Targeting

YouTube asserts dominance over traditional TV with billions of viewers and innovative ad options. [ more ]
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Tech Times
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google AI Search Criticized by News Publishers Over Concerns About Content Revenue

News publishers concerned over Google's AI summaries affecting traffic and monetization. [ more ]
Relay FM
2 weeks ago
Digital life

Clockwise #554: Dealee Bobs - Relay FM

Discussing Apple Watch, Spotify Daylists, Google's AI features, and essential travel tech. [ more ]
Fast Company
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Could Google's AI push cause a rift with YouTube creators?

AI-assisted Q&A feature on Android may impact YouTube viewing experience and creators' revenue. [ more ]
The Verge
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's new LearnLM AI model focuses on education

LearnLM, a new AI model by Google, aids students with homework, offering expertise in subjects, creative examples, coaching, and integration across Google products. [ more ]
Ars Technica
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google strikes back at OpenAI with "Project Astra" AI agent prototype

Google announced Project Astra, a video comprehension prototype aiming to provide assistance in daily tasks through AI technology. [ more ]
#user-experience
TechCrunch
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Google is adding more AI to its search results | TechCrunch

Google adding AI to search with AI overviews for more comprehensive results. [ more ]
Entrepreneur
2 months ago
UX design

How to Manage Your Reputation in the Era of AI | Entrepreneur

Reputation management is evolving with Google's AI integration into search results, shifting focus to user experience.
SGE results prioritize deeper context and diverse viewpoints, challenging brands to address user complaints and continuously improve. [ more ]
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Social Media Today
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Adds Generative AI Image Creation to Demand Gen Campaigns

Generative image tools help test creative concepts efficiently. [ more ]
www.aljazeera.com
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Google's AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour

Google's AI tool Gemini unintentionally showcased racial biases in image generation.
The controversial image generation feature prompted Google to temporarily disable the tool. [ more ]
Ars Technica
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google says the AI-focused Pixel 8 can't run its latest smartphone AI models

Gemini Nano AI model not compatible with Pixel 8 due to hardware limitations
RAM may not be the cause of incompatibility between Gemini Nano and Pixel 8 Pro or Pixel 8 [ more ]
www.aljazeera.com
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

After anti-woke' backlash, Google's Gemini faces heat over China taboos

Google's Gemini AI model faces criticism for refusing to show images related to sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square and Hong Kong protests.
Gemini also declines to translate Chinese phrases regarded as sensitive or illegal by Beijing. [ more ]
The Verge
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Gemma: because Google doesn't want to give away Gemini yet

Gemma models are smaller, faster, and suitable for simpler tasks like chatbots and summarizations.
Gemma models are open-source, surpass benchmarks, and come with responsible AI toolkits for easier deployment. [ more ]
InfoQ
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google announces multi-modal Gemini 1.5 with million token context length

Gemini 1.5 enhances AI efficiency with MoE architecture and expanded context window.
Gemini 1.5 offers multimodal capabilities for diverse interactions like processing long documents and movies. [ more ]
Developer Tech News
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Gemini Pro: Google empowers developers with advanced AI capabilities

Google has released its AI model Gemini Pro for developers and enterprises to create customized solutions.
Gemini Pro offers a range of capabilities including embeddings, semantic retrieval, custom knowledge grounding, and chat functionality. [ more ]
BBC News
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google admits AI viral video was edited to look better

Google's AI demo video showcasing its capabilities was not as it seemed, with the AI not actually responding to voice or video prompts.
The video was made by prompting the AI using still image frames and text prompts, which was revealed in a blog post by Google. [ more ]
Open Data Science - Your News Source for AI, Machine Learning & more
6 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google AI Introduces AltUp

Google AI has developed a new method called AltUp to enhance the scalability of transformer neural networks without increasing computational costs.
AltUp uses a prediction-correction mechanism and partitions token representation into equal-sized blocks to process one block at each layer, avoiding a quadratic increase in computation. [ more ]
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