Google Announces 2024 I/O Developer Conference to Be Held on May 14 Focused on Gemini Model and Android 15


Netizens mock Gemini's decline as Alzheimer’s-like. Google’s launch of 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and cybersecurity-focused 3.5 Flash backfired, intensifying ridicule with the quip: 'least promising where least optimistic.'....
Google is developing Frozen v2, an AI chip that hardwires Gemini's architecture into silicon to reduce compute and data movement, boosting inference efficiency. It promises higher energy efficiency and more cost-effective large model execution than the latest general-purpose TPUs.....
According to The Information, Alphabet's internally developed AI chip called "Frozen v2" is optimized for the Gemini model, and is expected to be released in 2028. Its token generation efficiency per watt could be 6-10 times higher than current chips. Google responded that the project may not go into mass production.
Google is developing a voice customization feature for Gemini, allowing users to fine-tune the AI's communication style using four sliders: speed, energy, formality, and friendliness. This feature was discovered in the Google app's 17.41.12 beta version and will break the limitations of preset voice options, enabling personalized voice control in the future.
Publishers and authors, including Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and writer Scott Turow, have collectively sued Google for allegedly using copyrighted works without permission to train its AI platform Gemini, and intentionally removing or altering copyright information to cover up the infringement. They claim that works were provided to Google only for limited purposes like book search, but Google used them to train AI models through Google Books a....