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    Google rebuilds search engine around AI and unveils new image and video tools

    by Martyn Landi May 14, 2024 4 minutes

    Google has unveiled an array of new AI-powered products, including new video and image creation tools, as well as starting to rebuild its search engine around generative AI, powered by the firm’s Gemini AI model.

    The technology giant used the opening of its annual developer conference, Google I/O, to also preview Project Astra, which Google calls the “future of AI assistants”, which could see, understand and respond to the world around it through a smartphone camera or smart glasses.

    Demonstrated on-stage by founder of Google-owned AI firm DeepMind, Sir Demis Hassabis, the so-called AI agent was able to identify objects it

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