Google hosted its annual conference Fifteenth for I/O Developers for 2023 yesterday, Wednesday, May 10th in Mountain View, California. The conference highlighted developments in the field of artificial intelligence, updates to Google Images, search, and other new AI-powered features. Here is a summary of the conference in bullet points.

Google Pixel Fold phone

Google announced the Pixel Fold, the first foldable phone offered by Google, and it will be launched in late June. It is used as a phone when it is folded and as a book when it is flat. It comes with a 7.6-inch screen, with a resolution of 2208 x 1840 and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. When folded, the screen is 5.8 inches with a resolution of 2092 x 1080.

The phone is equipped with a Google Tensor chip and a 4821 mAh battery. It is equipped with three cameras, a 48-megapixel main camera, an ultrawide camera, and a telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. The phone is equipped with a fingerprint scanner built into the power button, facial recognition, and IPX8 water resistance.

Pre-orders for the Pixel Fold have been available since the first day of its announcement, and its price is $1800.

Pixel tablet and Pixel 7a phone

Google also unveiled the new 11-inch Pixel Tablet, which includes a Charging Speaker Dock that turns it into a smart home control center, and is priced at $499.

And also announced a phone pixel 7a At a price of $ 499, the successor to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro phones.

Other AI-based features

◉ Feature announcedMagicEditorNew in Google Photos, which is an editing feature based on artificial intelligence, and it is initially limited to Pixel phones.

◉ Google Maps will have an updated global view feature that combines Street View and aerial imagery for route planning. This feature will display bike lanes, sidewalks, intersections, parking lots, and even provide information on weather changes throughout the day. It is designed to improve the overall navigation experience of users. The feature will roll out to initially select cities such as San Francisco, Tokyo, Los Angeles, London and New York in the coming months.

◉ Google has also announced several AI initiatives, which will include Gmail, the Bard chatbot based on open AI such as ChatGBT, and an experimental initiative called Search Labs that allows users to interact with new AI-based search experiences.

◉ Google also announced Project Tailwind, an AI-based notebook designed for students, that takes input information and generates explanations in the form of questions and topics. It also organizes the materials in a way that facilitates study and assists students in their academic endeavours.

◉ Also announced MusicLM, an AI tool that can turn text descriptions into music. By entering text descriptions, MusicLM uses artificial intelligence algorithms to quickly generate corresponding musical compositions. This feature is part of Google Search Labs and is currently available to a limited number of users.

◉ Google announced Duet AI for Google Workspace, a feature that allows users to collaborate with artificial intelligence on various tasks within the Google Workspace group. It enables AI-powered assistance and collaboration in areas such as writing, creating images, data insights, and more.

With the Duet AI feature, users can take advantage of the capabilities of artificial intelligence to enhance their productivity and creativity. For example, they can help create written content, create images based on text input, turn data into actionable insights, create backgrounds for video calls, and provide other AI-driven functionality. It aims to streamline workflows and provide users with AI-powered tools to improve their work within the Google Workspace environment.

◉ Google announced Codey, a feature that offers real-time code completion and creation. It helps developers with suggestions, autocomplete, and generate code snippets in real time as they write code. Codey supports more than 20 programming languages ​​and can be customized to fit a specific codebase. It is designed to increase productivity and efficiency during software development by automating certain coding tasks and providing intelligent code suggestions.

◉ It also announced Imagen, a feature that creates images specifically for businesses. By entering text descriptions, Imagen uses artificial intelligence algorithms to create images that match the descriptions provided. It can be a useful tool for companies that need visual content. Imagen helps companies quickly create relevant images for various purposes such as marketing, advertising, presentations, and more.

◉ Google plans to provide more context for images found through Google search as a measure to combat deep fake images. The goal is to enhance user understanding and evaluation of the images they encounter. By providing additional context, users can gain insight into when the image and similar images were indexed, when the image first appeared, and where it was on the Internet.

This additional context is intended to provide users with a clearer understanding of the credibility of the image and help them identify potential manipulations or “deep fakes”. By enhancing transparency and providing more information, Google intends to help users make more informed judgments about the images they encounter during their search experiences.

What do you think of the Google 2023 conference? And what did you like about it? What would you like to see at this conference? Tell us in the comments.

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