{"id":11006,"date":"2024-05-15T01:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T01:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11006"},"modified":"2024-05-15T01:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T01:50:48","slug":"everything-google-announced-at-i-o-2024-gemini-search-project-astra-scam-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11006","title":{"rendered":"Everything Google Announced at I\/O 2024: Gemini, Search, Project Astra, Scam Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Google also showed off its new DJ Mode<\/a> in MusicFX<\/a>, an AI music generator that lets musicians generate song loops and samples based on prompts. (DJ mode was shown off during the eccentric and delightful performance<\/a> by musician Mark Rebillet that led into the I\/O keynote.)<\/p>\n

An Evolution in Search<\/h2>\n

From its humble beginning as a search-focused company, Google is still the most prominent player in the search industry (despite some very good, slightly more private options<\/a>). Google\u2019s newest AI updates are a seismic shift<\/a> for its core product.<\/p>\n

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New contextual awareness abilities help Google Search deliver more relevant results.<\/p>\n

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Some new capabilities include AI-organized search, which allows for more tightly presented and readable search results, as well as the ability to get better responses from longer queries and searches with photos.<\/p>\n

We also saw AI overviews, which are short summaries that pool information from multiple sources to answer the question you entered in the search box. These summaries appear at the top of the results so you don\u2019t even need to go to a website to get the answers you\u2019re seeking. These overviews are already controversial, with publishers and websites fearing that a Google search that answers questions without the user needing to click any links may spell doom<\/a> for sites that already have to go to extreme lengths<\/a> to show up in Google\u2019s search results in the first place. Nonetheless, these newly enhanced AI overviews are rolling out to everyone in the US starting today.<\/p>\n

A new feature called Multi-Step Reasoning lets you find several layers of information about a topic when you\u2019re searching for things with some contextual depth. Google used planning a trip as an example, showing how searching in Maps can help find hotels and set transit itineraries. It then went on to suggest restaurants and help with meal planning for the trip. You can deepen the search by looking for specific types of cuisine or vegetarian options. All of this info is presented to you in an organized way.<\/p>\n

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Advanced visual search in Lens.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, we saw a quick demo of how users can rely on Google Lens to answer questions about whatever they\u2019re pointing their camera at. (Yes, this sounds similar to what Project Astra does, but these capabilities are being built into Lens in a slightly different way.) The demo showed a woman trying to get a \u201cbroken\u201d turntable to work, but Google identified that the record player\u2019s tonearm simply needed adjusting, and it presented her with a few options for video- and text-based instructions on how to do just that. It even properly identified the make and model of the turntable through the camera.<\/p>\n

WIRED\u2019s Lauren Goode talked with Google head of search Liz Reid about all the AI updates<\/a> coming to Google Search, and what it means for the internet as a whole.<\/p>\n

Security and Safety<\/h2>\n
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