Google experiments with using video to search, thanks to Gemini AI

Google has already admitted that video platforms like TikTok and Instagram are eating into its core Search product, especially among younger Gen Z users. Now, it aims to make searching video a bigger part of Google Search, thanks to Gemini AI. At its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, the …...Read More

Google will soon start using GenAI to organize some search results pages

At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced that it plans to use generative AI to organize the entire search results page for some search results. That’s in addition to the existing AI Overview feature, which creates a short snippet with aggregate information about a topic you …...Read More

Google is adding more AI to its search results

Google is adding more AI to its search, assuaging doubts that the company losing market share to competitors like ChatGPT and Perplexity. It is rolling out AI-powered overviews to users in the U.S., Google said at its Google IO 2024 developer event on Tuesday. Additionally, the company is also looking …...Read More

Google's next-gen TPUs promise a 4.7x performance boost

At its Google I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips. This sixth generation of chips, dubbed Trillium, will launch later this year. “Google was built for this moment. We’ve been pioneering GPUs for more than a decade,” Google CEO …...Read More

Google reveals plans for upgrading AI in the real world through Gemini Live at Google I/O 2024

Google is improving its AI-powered chatbot Gemini so that it can better understand the world around it — and the people conversing with it. At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, the company previewed a new experience in Gemini called Gemini Live, which lets users have “in-depth” voice …...Read More

Google's image-generating AI gets an upgrade

Google’s upgrading its image generation tech to keep apace with rivals. At the company’s I/O developer conference in Mountain View on Tuesday, Google announced Imagen 3, the latest in the tech giant’s Imagen generative AI model family. Demis Hassabis, head of DeepMind, Google’s AI research division, said that Imagen 3 …...Read More

Google's generative AI can now analyze hours of video

Gemini, Google’s family of generative AI models, can now analyze longer documents, codebases, videos and audio recordings than before. During a keynote at the Google I/O 2024 developer conference Tuesday, Google announced the private preview of a new version of Gemini 1.5 Pro, the company’s current flagship model, that can …...Read More

Google Photos introduces an AI search feature, 'Ask Photos'

Google Photos is getting an AI infusion with the launch of an experimental feature, Ask Photos, powered by Google’s Gemini AI model. The new addition, which rolls out later this summer, will allow users to search across their Google Photos collection using natural language queries that leverage an AI’s understanding …...Read More

Google I/O 2024: Everything announced so far

It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicks off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it’s been working on. Brian already kicked us off by sharing what we are expecting. We know …...Read More

Inside TabaPay’s drama-filled decision to abandon its plans to buy Synapse’s assets

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we look at the drama around TabaPay deciding to not buy Synapse’s assets, as well as stocks dropping for a couple of fintechs, Monzo raising even more funds, and more! Sign up here to get Fintech in your inbox every Tuesday at 7 a.m. …...Read More