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AI assistants are so back

AI assistants are so back

FromThe Vergecast


AI assistants are so back

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
95 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Google I/O and OpenAI's GPT4o event.
Further reading:

Google and OpenAI race to build the feature of search

OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users

ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her

ChatGPT is getting a Mac app

OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free

OpenAI’s “ChatGPT and GPT-4” Spring Update stream starts in 20 minutes

OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leavingl

Project Astra: the future of AI at Google is fast, multi-modal assistants like Gemini Live

Google’s Gemini AI is getting a chatty new voice mode 

Google will let you create personalized AI chatbots

Google’s Gemini can build an entire vacation itinerary ‘in a matter of seconds’ 

Google’s Circle to Search will help you with your math homework

Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo

We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem

Google I/O 2024: everything announced


Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down 

Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button


Gemini is about to get better at understanding what's on your phone screen 

Google is building Gemini Nano AI right into Chrome

Google makes its AI way faster with Gemini Flash 

Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education

Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor

Android is getting an AI-powered scam call detection feature

Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model

Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video

Google Photos is getting its own ‘Ask Photos’ assistant this summer

Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses

We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem

Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs


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Released:
May 17, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.