Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google says PaLM 2 is built on JAX and TPU v4, will power its updated Bard chat tool, and is available to developers via its PaLM API, Firebase, and on Colab  —  At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of PaLM 2, its newest large language model (LLM). 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google announces Pixel 7a with a 6.1-inch, 90Hz screen, Face Unlock, wireless charging, and 64MP camera, available tomorrow for $499  —  Over the years, Google’s Pixel phones have gained a reputation for having an exceptional camera, a clean Android experience, and smarts you won’t find on any other phone. Lees verder op Tech Meme