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Google says that over 100,000 developers already tried the service.
The system effectively listens for “conversation patterns commonly associated with scams” in-real time.
AI
Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
4 days ago
The standard Gemma models were only available in 2 billion and 7 billion parameter versions, making this quite a step up.
This is a great example of a company using generative AI to open its software to more users.
Google’s Circle to Search feature will now be able to solve more complex problems across psychics and math word problems.
People can now search using a video they upload combined with a text query to get an AI overview of the answers they need.
A search results page based on generative AI as its ranking mechanism will have wide-reaching consequences for online publishers.
Google has built a custom Gemini model for search to combine real-time information, Google’s ranking, long context and multimodal features.
At its Google I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips.
Google is upgrading Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, with features aimed at making the experience more ambient and contextually useful.
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Veo can generate few-seconds-long 1080p video clips given a text prompt.
At Google I/O, Google announced upgrades to Gemini 1.5 Pro, including a bigger context window. .
The AI upgrade will make finding the right content more intuitive and less of a manual search process.
Fintech
Inside TabaPay’s drama-filled decision to abandon its plans to buy Synapse’s assets
5 days ago
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we look at the drama around TabaPay deciding to not buy Synapse’s assets, as well as stocks dropping for a couple of fintechs, Monzo raising…
Apps
Apple touts stopping $1.8B in App Store fraud last year in latest pitch to developers
5 days ago
Apple released new data about anti-fraud measures related to its operation of the iOS App Store on Tuesday morning, trumpeting a claim that it stopped over $7 billion in “potentially…
Online travel agency Expedia is testing an AI assistant that bolsters features like search, itinerary building, trip planning, and real-time travel updates.
The person who claimed to have stolen the physical addresses of 49 million Dell customers appears to have taken more data from a different Dell portal, TechCrunch has learned. The…
If you write the words “cis” or “cisgender” on X, you might be served this full-screen message: “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and…
AI
TechCrunch Minute: Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s new GPT-4o model
9:00 AM PDT • May 14, 2024
If you’ve been following the news around OpenAI, you’ve probably seen reports that the company is working on a search product that was going to…
Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network’s parent company Meta will be closing a very significant chapter…
