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Google Assistant is the search engine tech giant’s answer to Siri that responds to “Hey Google!” In case you missed it, “Google Assistant with Bard” is now in the works, which is set to underpin the assistant with Bard (i.e., Google’s AI-powered chatbot). And now, thanks to a new leak, we’re seeing some semblance of its existence. ‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo found in Pixel Tips app Since October, Google hasn’t said much about its plan to enhance its voice assistant with its powerful Bard… Source link

Google is hoping to breathe new life into Assistant by integrating its large language model chatbot Bard. Fresh leaks suggest this could launch as soon as March, bringing generative AI capabilities and improved reasoning to the voice assistant. The Google News Telegram channel first reported the date after spotting a demo video of Assistant with Bard inside the Pixel Tips app.  We haven’t been able to find the video inside the app ourselves but the video looks like a typical Google… Source link

Advertising spend on Google search ads in the U.S. rose by 17% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, Google click growth remained steady at 8% year-on-year, while cost-per-click accelerated to 9% during the same period. Those numbers come from Tinuiti’s Q4 2023 Digital Ads Benchmark Report. Device matters. The report also found that mobile is continuing to lead the way in terms of generating Google search ad clicks: Mobile search ads: Spend was up 19%… Source link

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Google is rolling out the first update of 2024 for the Chromecast with Google TV 4K. STTL.231114.004 (from STTE.230915.005.S1) bumps the Android security patch level to Dec 2023. You also get “other bug fixes and performance improvements” with this 148MB update that took longer than usual to install on my device. There’s no Chromecast Remote firmware update after installing. The last release was in early December with the October 2023 security patch. For… Source link

Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) was set to expire as a Google Labs experiment at the end of 2023 but its time as an experiment was quietly extended, making it clear that SGE is not coming to search in the near future. Surprisingly, letting Microsoft take the lead may have been the best perhaps unintended approach for Google. Google’s AI Strategy For Search Google’s decision to keep SGE as a Google Labs project fits into the broader trend of Google’s history of preferring to… Source link

One of the best local SEO strategies that any eligible local business can use to rank higher on Google and get local clients is to claim and optimize their Google Business Profile. However, claiming your Google Business Profile (GBP) is just the first step – you must optimize, frequently check, and update your GBP with new information for potential customers. Also, many businesses don’t realize that Google (and almost any user) can make changes to their GBP – like changing your… Source link

Hugging Face on Google Cloud Google Google and Hugging Face have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing open AI and machine learning development. This collaboration will integrate Hugging Face’s platform with Google Cloud’s infrastructure, including Vertex AI, to make generative AI more accessible and impactful for developers. The partnership will enable Hugging Face users and Google Cloud customers to deploy models easily for production on Google Cloud with Inference… Source link

Google has just unveiled a game-changing AI upgrade for Android. But it has a darker side. Google’s AI will read and analyze your private messages, going back forever. So what does this mean for you, how do you maintain privacy, and when does it begin. 1/29 update below, this article was originally published on 1/27. There’s understandable excitement that Google is bringing Bard to Messages. A readymade ChatGPT-like UI for a readymade user base of hundreds of millions. “It’s an AI… Source link

OpenAI, Google, and other AI companies will soon have to inform the government about developing foundation models, thanks to the Defense Production Act. According to Wired, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo shared new details about this impending requirement at an event held by Stanford University’s Hoover Institute last Friday. “We’re using the Defense Production Act… to do a survey requiring companies to share with us every time they train a new large language model, and share with… Source link