DeepMind CEO Asserts: Current AI’s Comprehensive Intelligence Lags Behind House Cats
July 10, 2024 – In a groundbreaking revelation at the prestigious “Future of Britain 2024” conference hosted by the Global Institute for Transformation, Demis Hassabis, the visionary CEO of Google DeepMind, painted a nuanced picture of the current state of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hassabis, engaging in a candid dialogue with former British Prime Minister Tony…
Google Takes on Apple with Its New SoC Tensor G5 Now in Tape-Out Phase
July 05, 2024 – In the competitive mobile phone market, where leading players boast their own SoC (System on a Chip) technology, it was only natural for tech giant Google to forge its own path in chip manufacturing. Starting with the Pixel 6 series, Google’s Pixel models have been equipped with the company’s customized Tensor…
Major Update: Google Translate Now Supports 110 Additional Languages, Reaching 8% of Global Population
June 28, 2024 –Google announced today that it is expanding Google Translate to include 110 new languages, encompassing Cantonese, NKo, and Tamazight. These languages, ranging from Cantonese to Qʼeqchiʼ, are spoken by over 614 million people, accounting for approximately 8% of the global population. Some of these languages are major world languages with over 100…
Can AI Large Models Tell Jokes? Google DeepMind’s Experiment Reveals They Can, But With Limited Humor
June 22, 2024 – According to a report by TechXpore yesterday, a research team from Google’s DeepMind project has recently discovered that large language models are “not very good” at writing funny jokes. In a novel experiment, the team set out to investigate whether large language models could create humorous jokes or even entire stand-up…
Google Tests Android 15’s Theft Detection in Brazil: Users Get First Dibs
June 12, 2024 – Google is currently testing the Android 15 automatic theft detection feature, which was announced at the I/O developer conference in May. Due to feedback from Brazilian users about the rampant issue of phone theft in the region, Google has selected Brazil as the first test area for this innovative feature. Residents…
Google Employee Accidentally Leaks Nintendo Game Info – Internal Probe Finds No Malice
June 04, 2024 – A recent report by 404 Media has revealed a security breach within Google, where an employee accessed private videos from Nintendo’s YouTube channel, prematurely leaking game information intended for an upcoming announcement. The incident, part of a larger data leak exposing thousands of potential privacy and security issues reported by Google…
Google Partners with Magic Leap to Revive its Augmented Reality Ambitions
May 31, 2024 – On May 30th, local time, Magic Leap, an augmented reality (AR) startup, announced the establishment of a strategic technology partnership with Google, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson. According to the statement, this collaboration aims to integrate Magic Leap’s expertise in optics and device manufacturing with Google’s technological platform. Google, being…
Google CEO Hints at AI’s Future: The Illusion of Consciousness
May 28, 2024 – In a recent interview with YouTube tech creator Hayls World, Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed various aspects of the ongoing AI revolution and unveiled Google’s vision for artificial intelligence. Echoing Elon Musk’s sentiment that AI could make many jobs “redundant”, Pichai also emphasized the pervasive impact of AI in the near…
Google CEO Confirms: AI Overviews’ ‘Hallucinations’ an Unsolved Challenge
May 27, 2024 – Google’s newly launched “AI Overviews” feature in its search engine has been under fire recently due to its frequent provision of grossly inaccurate search results. One notable example saw the feature suggesting the use of glue to prevent cheese from sliding off pizzas, sparking widespread criticism and concern. Earlier this week,…
Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro Math Edition Rises to the Challenge: MATH Benchmark Accuracy Hits 91.1%
May 21, 2024 – Google Unveils Math-Focused Gemini 1.5 Pro, Achieving Remarkable Results in Mathematical Challenges In a significant breakthrough, Google has announced that its Gemini 1.5 Pro model, after undergoing specialized training in the mathematical domain, has achieved remarkable improvements in mathematical performance, successfully tackling problems from the International Mathematical Olympiad. The Gemini 1.5…