Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Google makes generative AI tools in English available to Play Store developers, including to make a draft for the app listing and to summarize user reviews  —  Google is making generative AI tools available to Play Store developers in an attempt to make it easier for them to build out their app listings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Stein / CNET: Google says its Project Starline 3D video chat tech has been shrunk from the size of a booth to a large TV and is being tested at Salesforce, WeWork, and others  —  Exclusive: Google’s vision of 3D conversational chats is going from booth to flat screen.  —  While most people have chosen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Google unveils Universal Translator, an experimental service that redubs video in a new language and synchronizes the speaker’s lips to match the new audio  —  Google is testing a powerful new translation service that redubs video in a new language while also synchronizing the speaker’s lips with words they never spoke. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google announces new security features, including expanding “dark web report”, which scans the dark web for a Gmail address, to all Gmail accounts in the US  —  / Google is adding its dark web reporting tool to all Gmail accounts in the US, with plans to expand to ‘select international markets.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google unveils features for helping to identify AI images, including “About this image” and a new file markup that allows labeling images as “AI-generated”  —  Google is taking its first steps toward combatting the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Google plans to add a section called Perspectives to search results, featuring information from individuals posted on YouTube, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and more  —  You know the Reddit trick, right?  The one where, when you’re searching Google and you want an actual human perspective … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google announces a competitor to Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot, a chat tool for asking questions about coding, and AI-assisted coding in its no-code AppSheet tool  —  At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of a number of AI-centric coding tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Google shows AI features coming to Search, including an AI-powered “snapshot” that summarizes search results with links to sites “corroborating” the information  —  Google is moving slowly and carefully to make AI happen.  Maybe too slowly and too carefully for some people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google rebrands its AI tools for its productivity apps as Duet AI and teases Sidekick, a feature that can read, summarize, and answer questions about documents  —  In March, Google announced a bunch of AI features for its Workspace suite of apps in an effort to keep pace with Microsoft’s rapid integration of similar tools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google makes Bard available in English in 180 countries and territories, promises AI image generation from Adobe and integration with services like Instacart  —  Google is adding a smorgasbord of new features to its AI chatbot Bard, including support for new languages (Japanese and Korean) … Lees verder op Tech Meme