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Google just snuck a pair of AR glasses into a Project Astra demo at I/O

In a video demonstrating the prowess of its new Project Astra app, the person demonstrating asked Gemini "do you remember where you saw my glasses?" The AI impressively responded "Yes, I do. Your glasses were on a desk near a red apple," despite said object not actually being in view when the question was asked. But these weren't your bog-standard visual...

Tue May 14, 2024 20:34
Google's Project Astra uses your phone's camera and AI to find noise makers, misplaced items and more.

When Google first showcased its Duplex voice assistant technology at its developer conference in 2018, it was both impressive and concerning. Today, at I/O 2024, the company may be bringing up those same reactions again, this time by showing off another application of its AI smarts with something called Project Astra.  The company couldn't even wait...

Tue May 14, 2024 20:34
Google's new Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model is lighter than Gemini Pro and more accessible

Google announced updates to its Gemini family of AI models at I/O, the company’s annual conference for developers, on Tuesday. It’s rolling out a new model called Gemini 1.5 Flash, which it says is optimized for speed and efficiency. “[Gemini] 1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long...

Tue May 14, 2024 20:34
Ask Google Photos to get help making sense of your gallery

Google is inserting more of its Gemini AI into every single product it has and the next target in its sights is Photos. At its I/O developer conference today, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai announced a feature called Ask Photos, which is designed to help you find specific images in your gallery by talking to Gemini.  Ask Photos will show up as a...

Tue May 14, 2024 20:15
Castlevania is coming to Dead by Daylight later this year

Dead by Daylight fans can check out the Dungeons and Dragons chapter starting today, but Behaviour Interactive teased another high-profile crossover during an anniversary showcase on Tuesday. A Castlevania chapter is on the way to DbD. There aren't any details yet about what that will include, but you just might get to play as Alucard or Simon Belmont...

Tue May 14, 2024 19:55
Apple's M1 iPad Air drops to a new low of $399

Apple’s M1 iPad Air has dropped to a new low price of $399, just as the latest model prepares to hit store shelves. This sale is from Amazon and it doesn’t include every color, though both blue and purple are covered by this steep discount. The other colors are also on sale, but the deals aren’t quite as spicy. Amazon’s sale is for the base 64GB model....

Tue May 14, 2024 19:05

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