The AI Predictions Showdown: Insights from Leading Experts Recently, two prominent figures in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) engaged in an enlightening discussion about the future of AI. Their insights provide a unique perspective on current advancements and potential risks in this rapidly evolving field. François Chollet: An Optimist with Reservations François Chollet, the […]
Top AirTag Accessories for 2025: Enhance Your Tracking Experience Apple’s AirTag is an ingenious tracker designed for those who want to keep tabs on everyday essentials such as keys, wallets, luggage, or backpacks. To maximize your AirTag’s functionality, you’ll want to consider a range of accessories that help you attach, protect, and personalize your tracker. […]
Understanding Generative AI: Revolutionizing Technology and Creativity What is Generative AI? Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence that creates new content, whether it be text, images, or even music. Unlike traditional AI models that analyze and categorize existing data, generative AI actively generates new outputs based on learned patterns. This innovative technology […]
Understanding the Limitations of Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems heavily utilize dense embedding models that translate queries and documents into fixed-dimensional vector spaces. This technique has become standard in many AI applications. However, recent research from Google DeepMind has highlighted a fundamental architectural limitation in these systems that cannot be addressed simply through […]
Self-Driving Cars: The Autonomy Revolution Once relegated to the realm of science fiction, self-driving cars are becoming a tangible reality. Companies like Waymo, the autonomous branch of Alphabet, are leading the charge by expanding their services into new cities. Waymo’s Expansion Plans Recently, Waymo announced its plans to launch in Denver this upcoming fall, aiming […]
The Launch of Ella: Vivrelle’s AI Personal Styling Tool Vivrelle, a premier luxury membership platform specializing in renting high-end goods, has unveiled its innovative AI personal styling tool, Ella. This exciting development comes as a result of a collaboration with leading fashion retailers Revolve and FWRD. Revolutionizing Fashion with AI The introduction of Ella exemplifies […]
Lead generation is changing as a result of artificial intelligence. Businesses are employing AI to favor quality over quantity, from predictive analytics that predict purchasing behavior to AI-driven lead scoring that gives priority to high-value prospects. E-commerce companies are also using AI to recommend upsells at the point of sale, increasing conversions without spending more […]
Back in 2003, I was working with my first big consulting client, Hasbro. (Yes, that Hasbro. And yes, it was as fun as you’d imagine.) Sitting on my desk at the time — dog-eared, tea-stained, salsa-splotched — was a multi-page document I treated like sacred scripture: the spam trigger word list.
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably grappled with the question of when your kid should get a smartphone. There’s a nationwide movement, Wait Until 8th, that argues that devices should be kept out of kids’ hands until they’re deep into middle school. Some families manage to hold out even longer. Andrew Przybylski, a professor of […]
Netflix has a pair of updates about its animated Tomb Raider show. The second season of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will air on the streaming service on December 11. However, that second season will also be the final one for the project. Legendary Television is behind the show, which in October 2024 […]
Acknowledgements The research described here is a joint effort across Google Research, Google for Health, Google DeepMind, and partnering teams. The following researchers contributed to this work: Kevin McKee, Dan Gillick, Irina Jurenka, Markus Kunesch, Kaiz Alarakyia, Miriam Schneider, Jenn Sturgeon, Maggie Shiels, Amy Wang, Roma Ruparel, Anna Iurchenko, Mahvish Nagda, Julie Anne Séguin, Divya […]
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) has released OLMoASR, a suite of open automatic speech recognition (ASR) models that rival closed-source systems such as OpenAI’s Whisper. Beyond just releasing model weights, AI2 has published training data identifiers, filtering steps, training recipes, and benchmark scripts—an unusually transparent move in the ASR space. This makes OLMoASR one […]
Productivity software maker Atlassian has agreed to acquire The Browser Company, which makes the Arc and Dia browsers, for $610 million in cash. “Today’s browsers weren’t built for work; they were built for browsing. This deal is a bold step forward in reimagining the browser for knowledge work in the AI era,” Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s […]
