You may be familiar with the quote “software is eating the world,” but as of late it seems more like “ChatGPT is eating the world.” Ever since its public debut, it’s dominated front pages of the news, sparked many conversations about how AI will shape the future, and if you look at the trending page … continue reading
Google recently announced that Bard, its new experimental conversational AI service powered by LaMDA, has been opened up to select testers before it becomes more widely available in the coming weeks. Bard is intended to foster the combination of knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of Google’s language models. The AI service utilizes information … continue reading
Google is continuing its work to keep personal data safe with the announcement of new privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). Over the last decade the PETs it has invented include Federated Learning, Differential Privacy, and Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). From the company’s standpoint, this allows them to protect users’ personal data while also continuing to provide the … continue reading
With less than 20% of the world’s population speaking English as their first or second language, Google is ramping up the efficiency of video voice dubbing with technologies for cross-lingual voice transfer and lip reanimation using deep learning and TensorFlow. The first technology keeps the voice similar to that of the original speaker and the … continue reading
Google announced the general availability of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service that enables organizations to modernize database workloads. The preview was announced earlier this year at Google Cloud I/O. According to the company, when compared with standard PostgreSQL, AlloyDB was faster for both transactional workloads and analytical queries. In addition, it was also … continue reading
Android 13 is now available for Android TV, Google’s Smart TV platform. This update brings with it a number of new features and improvements, including support for user controls for preferred resolution and refresh rate on supported HDMI source devices, and better ways to deliver high-quality experiences to users on different device types. The release … continue reading
Google has been attempting to provide better ways to protect user privacy while also still providing advertisers with ways to serve relevant content to users. Its solution to reducing third-party tracking is the Privacy Sandbox. Earlier this year, it announced it was bringing Privacy Sandbox to Android and since then it has released a few … continue reading
Google announced the public preview of AppSheet databases, a built-in database for citizen developers to easily and securely manage their data using AppSheet. This extends the functionality of Google’s AppSheet by allowing users to create and manage databases within the AppSheet platform, enabling them to keep track of their data and making it possible to … continue reading
Google announced that it open-sourced several components for its secure operating system called KataOS as part of an effort to build verifiably secure systems for embedded hardware. Google Research aims to solve this problem by providing a secure platform optimized for embedded devices running ML applications. SeL4 is the microkernel for the project because it … continue reading
Google is launching new features to make it easier for app developers to better display their app in the Play Store. “The assets and information you provide – descriptions, images, and videos – are essential to users looking to make a decision on what to download,” Allison Chang, product manager for Google Play; Weifang Sun, … continue reading
Google has announced that it will be supporting passkeys on Android and Chrome. Passkeys are an authentication method that offers an alternative to passwords, and the technology was announced by Apple over the summer at its WWDC conference. For users, using a passkey is similar to confirming the use of a saved password by scanning … continue reading
Google has announced a major upgrade to its Speech Services by Google Engine, which is what is used for Text to Speech services. All of its 421 voices across 67 languages have been updated to a new voice model and synthesizer. This includes the default en-US voice being changed to one that is drastically improved, … continue reading
