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Veo demos show that Google’s AI-generated video capabilities have come a long way. | Image: Google

It’s been three months since OpenAI demoed its captivating text-to-video AI, Sora, and now Google is trying to steal some of that spotlight. Announced during its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google says Veo — its latest generative AI video model — can generate “high



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Google Project Astra

Google has a new AI agent that can tell you things about what's around you. A lot of things.

Called "Project Astra," it's a Gemini-based multimodal AI tool that lets you point your phone's camera at real-life stuff and get a spoken description of what you're looking at.

In a demo, shown during Google's I/O conference Tuesday, the tool was pointed at a loudspeaker, correctly identifying a part of



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As part of its push toward adding generative AI to search, Google has introduced a new twist: video. Gemini will let you upload video that demonstrates an issue you're trying to resolve, then scour user forums and other areas of the internet to find a solution. 

As an example, Google's Rose Yao talked onstage at I/O 2024 about a used turntable she bought and how she couldn't get the needle to sit



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Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
  • At the Google I/O conference, CEO Sundar Pichai teased where AI is headed next.
  • It's going to be all about agents that are better at reasoning and can act on our behalf.
  • What if Google did the searching for you?

What if the Google Assistant was actually … an assistant?

It's a question the company finally started answering Tuesday at the 2024 Google I/O conference, where



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Google CEO Sundar Pichai
  • Google showcases potential killer apps for generative AI.
  • The company demoed an AI agent that can help you remember where you left your glasses. 
  • Google's infrastructure, talent, data, and experience makes it a strong player in developing useful AI tech.

Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in 2022, there's been no real "killer app" to get consumers



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Google I/O AI agent announcement

Google will be sharing lots of products ready to utilize at today's big Google I/O event.

However, one announcement from CEO Sundar Pichai was more of an idea that's in the works: AI Agents. According to Pichai, AI Agents are still in "early days," but their description shows what Google envisions what AI can do for users. 

What are 'AI Agents'?

Pichai described AI agents as "intelligent systems that



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Google is shaking up Search. On Tuesday, the company announced big new AI-powered changes to the world’s dominant search engine at I/O, Google’s annual conference for developers. With the new features, Google is positioning Search as more than a way to simply find websites. Instead, the company wants people to use its search engine to directly get answers and help them with planning events and



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It's all AI all the time at Google I/O! Today, Google announced its new AI media creation engines: Veo, which can produce "high-quality" 1080p videos; and Imagen 3, its latest text-to-image framework. Neither sound particularly revolutionary, but they're a way for Google to keep up the fight against OpenAI's Sora video model and Dall-E 3, a tool that has practically become synonymous with AI



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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall flies in the X-62 VISTA in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base in California.
  • An AI-controlled F-16 faced off against a manned Fighting Falcon in a historic real-world dogfight.
  • Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, aboard the AI-piloted jet, said it was a "roughly an even fight."
  • The technology is not quite ready for the