12 big announcements made at Google I/O 2024 that you can’t miss: Gemini 1.5 Flash, Veo, Project Astra, etc.
Google at its annual developer event Google I/O 2024 on May 14 made a lot of announcements about AI. CEO Sundar Pichai spent the entire keynote talking about new AI features and improvements for Android, Search, Workspace, Photos, and other Google services. New developments will have a big impact on how you use Google products. The main focus of the event was around Gemini and its integration with other Google applications. Here are the key highlights of the Google I/O 2024 keynote.
Key announcements of Google I/O 2024:
- Ask Photo feature: Gemini in the Google Photos app helps users find images by giving simple prompts to the chatbot. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also showed off how the feature works with the example of finding a “license plate.”
- Flash Gemini 1.5: This is a lightweight all-in-one model powered by Google’s AI, faster and more cost-effective. Google’s AI model is optimized for “narrow, high-frequency, low-latency tasks.” It can perform tasks like summarizing, chat applications, annotating images and videos, extracting data from long documents and tables, etc.
3. Gemini for Google Workspace: Google will integrate Gemini 1.5 Pro into Workspace apps like Docs, Gmail, Meet, Drive and more. In Gmail, chatbots will be able to summarize and respond to messages in seconds. These features will be available to Gemini Advanced users in June.
4. Gemini 1.5 Pro: Sundar Pichai announced that the powerful AI model will add a larger context window with 2 million tokens in private preview, allowing the chatbot to perform even more complex tasks such as financial analysis. Longer documentation, code base, videos, etc
5. Astra Project: This announcement has attracted the attention of AI enthusiasts. Google has introduced how to use “Project Astra” to perform some daily tasks. Project Astra is a multimodal AI assistant that works through your device’s camera. AI agents can be used to search and locate anything if it is lost.
6. Gemstone: Google has announced a chatbot creator called “Gems,” which allows users to develop personalized versions of its Gemini assistant. Users can now customize how they want their Gemini to respond in terms of personality, tone, or expertise.
7. Veo: Google has announced a new AI video creation tool that can create high-quality, 1080p videos longer than a minute. The tool is designed to understand prompts based on different effects, cinematic variations, etc., which are essential for developing an interesting video.
8. Gemini Nano to Chrome: Google also announced the integration of Gemini Nano into Chrome on desktop. It is a built-in assistant that will run on the device, allowing users to create text, and it can also perform tasks like autofill.
9. Gemini on Android: Google said it will add a new AI-powered assistant to Android devices, helping users be creative and productive. This assistant will include features like “Ask this video” or “Ask this PDF,” which can simply respond to user queries. These features will work across Gmail, Google Messages, and YouTube. Additionally, it will include phishing detection.
ten. Trili: Google has announced the sixth generation of Google Cloud TPU. It will deliver improved computational performance per Trillium chip, High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) capacity, and most importantly, it will power the next generation of AI models.
11. Circle for extended search: Now, this feature is more advanced and capable as it can also help users solve a math problem on their screen and come up with the right solution. Additionally, it will be available for more devices later this year.
twelfth. SynthID AI watermark: The company is expanding SynthID AI videos to Veo for watermarking and detection of AI-generated videos.
