7 things Google just announced that are worth keeping a close eye on

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Google’s injecting AI into nearly every aspect of its products and services

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1) Phone call scam detection coming to Android could compromise your privacy

Google showed a demo for its phone call scam detection feature, which the company says will be coming to a future version of Android. How it works is revolutionary and concerning. The feature will scan voice calls as they occur in real-time and it’s already drawing enormous privacy concerns. However, Google says, “This protection all happens on-device, so your conversation stays private to you.  This means that you will have the choice to turn this feature on, and if you have it on, your conversation doesn’t leave your device since the AI protection works directly on your device — so it’s impossible for Google or anyone else to hear it.”

 

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2) ‘Ask Photos’ will let AI help you find out about specific things in photos

Google unveiled a new feature called Ask Photos, in which users can ask Gemini to search for their photos and deliver exact results. One example they showcased was using Gemini to locate images of your car in your photo album by telling it your license plate number.

 

3) An AI button is coming to many of Google’s most popular productivity tools

Starting immediately, Google has added a button to toggle Gemini AI in the side panel of several of its Google Suite apps, including Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Similar to Microsoft’s Co-Pilot AI function, the Gemini button can help answer questions, craft emails, and provide summaries of documents and email threads.

 

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4) AI tool called ‘Veo’ makes video from text

On a more experimental note, Google also unveiled their VideoFX feature, a generative video model based on Google’s DeepMind video generator called Veo. VideoFX can create Full HD (1080p) videos from text prompts, and we also saw improvements made to ImageFX, Google’s high-resolution AI image generator.

For musicians, Google also showed their new DJ Mode in MusicFX, an AI music generator that can be used to create loops and samples from prompts.

 

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5) AI summaries will replace search results 

There’s been a lot of press lately regarding how difficult searching for things on Google has become. Constant changes to Search Engine Optimization as well as a new wave of bots and AI-created content has disrupted the once monolithic search engine. However, Google showed off their new AI-organized search, which promises more readable search results.

Google also showed off how they are using AI to create overviews, which are short summaries to help you answer questions posed in the search box. These summaries will appear at the top of the search results page, so you don’t even need to visit another website to get answers you may be looking for.

 

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6) Google TV gets the AI treatment

 

7) AI for educational makes a tutor obsolete

Google also unveiled LearnLM, a new generative AI model that is designed for education. It comes as a collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google’s Research lab. LearnLM is designed as a chatbot that looks to tutor students on a range of subjects, from mathematics to English grammar.

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