AI will be a central part of Google's I/O event on Wednesday when the tech giant isexpected to revealits PaLM 2 large language model and AI tools for its Workspace apps.
A theme of the conference is how AI is "helping people reach their full potential." According to various reports, Google could announce more generative AI experiences and updates forSearchand Bard, its AI chatbot.
- According to CNBC, Google has been working on updates for Bard, including a "Multi-Bard" version that can code and answer math problems.
- The report says Google is also testing "Big Bard" and "Giant Bard" without providing further details.
- At I/O, Google may also announce new AI features related to its search engine, including a possibleAI chatbotunder a project code-named Magi.
- Google has already said it would roll outgenerative AI toolsto most or all of its Workspace products, which include Gmail, Chat, Meet, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites.
- On Wednesday, Google is expected to demo how AI can generate templates in Google Sheets and images in Slides and Meet.
- It began testing AI-enabled writing features in Gmail and Google Docs earlier this year.
- On Friday, Google made its Bard AI chatbot available to users with Google Workspace accounts.
- Google's AI tools are built upon its large language model known as PaLM (Pathways Language Model).
- According to CNBC, Google will announce PaLM 2, which includes 100+ languages, on Wednesday.
- In addition to writing, the LLM, known internally as "Unified Language Model," can also do coding and math, the report states.
- Last month, Google launched Med-PaLM 2, a large language model that answers medical questions for the healthcare sector, to select cloud customers for testing.