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Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down (6 minute read)

Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down (6 minute read)

Billions of Google users will soon see AI-generated summaries at the top of many of their search results. The AI Overviews are designed to take out the hard work of searching so users can focus on the important things. Google announced several other AI-powered features at its I/O developer conference, such as a feature in Lens that lets users search by capturing a video, a planning tool that can generate trip itineraries and meal plans with a single query, and suggestions within search results. While similar products have come under scrutiny for summarizing content and not directing users to the actual sources of information, Google says that early data shows that the new way of searching will actually lead to more clicks to the open web.
10 lessons from 12 years at Google (12 minute read)
May 15 | Webdev

10 lessons from 12 years at Google (12 minute read)

Over a 12-year career at Google, Addy Osmani learned to put users first, collaborate well by actively sharing knowledge, and embrace lifelong learning. He encourages readers to just get started and iterate rather than trying to strive for perfection.
Google I/O (9 minute read)
May 15 | AI

Google I/O (9 minute read)

Google announced many new features, including Gemini Flash, Veo video generation, Imagen 3, and its newest assistant, Project Astra, at I/O 2024. In all, there are an impressive number of improvements, including 2m token context length, dramatically cheaper models, and improved multimodality.
Google's invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video (2 minute read)
May 15 | Design

Google's invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video (2 minute read)

Google has enhanced its AI content watermarking technology, SynthID, to now mark AI-generated text and video. This technology is crucial for distinguishing between AI-created and authentic content to prevent misuse, such as spreading misinformation or generating nonconsensual media.

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