"Fueled by Google's Gemini AI technology, the world's most popular navigation app will become a more conversational companion as part of a redesign announced Wednesday. The hands-free experience is meant to turn Google Maps into something more like an insightful passenger able to direct a driver to a destination while also providing nearby recommendations on places to eat, shop or sightsee, when asked for the advice."
"AI chatbots, like Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, have sometimes lapsed into periods of making things up - known as "hallucinations" in tech speak - but Google is promising that built-in safeguards will prevent Maps from accidentally sending drivers down the wrong road. All the information that Gemini is drawing upon will be culled from the roughly 250 million places stored in Google Maps' database of reviews accumulated during the past 20 years."
Google Maps will integrate Gemini AI to offer a conversational, hands-free navigation experience that behaves like an insightful passenger. Users can verbally ask for directions and receive landmark-based cues instead of distance notifications. The AI can provide nearby recommendations for dining, shopping, or sightseeing when prompted. Built-in safeguards aim to reduce hallucinations and prevent incorrect routing. Gemini will draw on roughly 250 million places and reviews accumulated over 20 years. The AI features will roll out to iPhone and Android devices and target more than two billion users while positioning Gemini competitively against other chatbots.
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