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Google I/O 2024 Live Updates: The latest on Gemini AI, Android 15 and more

Google is gearing up to share a ton of news around AI and Search at its I/O developer conference on May 14, and we’re expecting plenty of announcements about Gemini, Android, Search, and more. The company couldn’t even wait until its own keynote to let us in on what it’s cooking, and has already teased us with a video of an intriguing camera-based AI feature on its social accounts.

Based on what we know so far, it’s shaping up to be an hour-long launch event packed with announcements. If you can’t watch the Google I/O 2024 keynote that much time, or you prefer a text and images approach, we have a live blog for you. Our reporters Carissa Bell and Sam Rutherford will be at the Shoreline Amphitheater to bring you the news live, with support from the entire Engadget in-house team. Come back around 12pm ET on May 14th to stay with us as we cover all the updates from Google I/O 2024!

Live129 updates

  • Gemini will be available in the sidebar of Google apps like Gmail and Docs

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    Google is adding Gemini AI-based automation to more tasks in Workspace. In its Google I/O keynote on Tuesday, the company said its advanced Gemini 1.5 Pro will soon be available in the Workspace sidebar as “the connective tissue across multiple AI-powered workflow applications” as AI becomes increasingly smarter, learns more about you and automates more of your workflow.

    Read the full story here.

  • Thanks for joining us. We’ll try to take a closer look at some of the things Google announced today at I/O.

    Oh, and that Sundar boosted the final AI count to 121 once more.

    Who wants to bet on whether Google will top that next year?

  • Honestly, I’m just glad it didn’t go on longer than that. While Sam and Carissa go and check out whatever demos are available at I/O 2024, come join me and senior reviewer Devindra Hardawar on Engadget’s YouTube channel. I’m sure you have thoughts and feelings to share about everything Google just announced!

  • And that’s a wrap on the main note, it was *just* under 2 hours for all things Gemini and AI.

  • Even Google makes jokes about how many times people have said AIEven Google makes jokes about how many times people have said AI

    Even Google makes jokes about how many times people have said AI (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

  • 120 mentions of “AI” in this keynote, according to Sundar (who just returned to the scene) and Gemini. Actually, I would guess a little higher.

  • Gems will use the new LearnLM model, which is based on Gemini. Gems will use the new LearnLM model, which is based on Gemini.

    Gems will use the new LearnLM model, which is based on Gemini. (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

  • Google, like most of its AI partners, plans to use watermarking to increase transparency around AI-generated content with SynthID. These watermarks will extend to AI-generated video (remember those Veo demos from earlier?) and text, which is especially interesting because AI-generated text is much more common (and in some ways harder to detect than images or video).

  • SynthID is a tool Google created to easily detect AI-generated content. But it also sounds like something out of the Blade Runner universe that people could use to detect replicants.

  • We’re getting into the “building AI responsibly” part, looking at Google’s approach to red-teaming, the threat search process, “problematic” results, and other issues that can cause problems for Google (and maybe the rest of us). . After the Gemini Image Generator fiasco earlier this year, I’m actually surprised they waited this long to bring this all out.

  • James Manica at Google I/O 2024 talks about AI ethics and responsibility.James Manica at Google I/O 2024 talks about AI ethics and responsibility.

    James Manica at Google I/O 2024 talks about AI ethics and responsibility. (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

  • So it looks like we’ve reached the developer-focused section of the I/O keynote. Carissa and I were just talking about how it can be difficult for non-developers to contextualize the token amounts available in various Gemini plans.

  • We get a deeper dive into Gemini Flash, which we first heard about at the start of the keynote. Flash is the “lighter” Gemini model that has lower latency and is more efficient. This appears to be intended for developers and organizations that don’t need the full power of Gemini 1.5 Pro, but still want to take advantage of the multimodal capabilities.

  • Yeah, I think the scam alert feature is really nice because it can give you a real-time check when you might feel like your call is a bit fishy.

  • Google Gemini can power a virtual AI teammate with its own Workspace account

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    Google’s Gemini AI systems can do a lot, judging by today’s I/O keynote. This includes the option to create a virtual teammate with their own Workspace account. You can configure a teammate to perform specific tasks, such as monitoring and tracking projects, organizing information, providing context, determining trends after analyzing data, and playing a role in team collaboration.

    Read the full story here.

  • Josh Woodward returns to talk about various Gemini models available to developers.

  • Google has another solution to the endless scam calls. If you pick up and it detects that the call is “suspicious” or possibly a scam, it can send a big alert right to your phone, potentially saving you from buying thousands of dollars in gift cards or transferring funds to a fraudulent account. Many of these scams seem obvious, but people still fall for them, and this can help.

  • TalkBack updatesTalkBack updates

    TalkBack updates (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

  • Like, will we ever see the day you’re allowed to bring a phone to take the SAT? Because if not, you’re potentially giving students help they may not be able to use during important assessments, which could end up being a disadvantage.

  • Carissa, I think the Circle to Search support formulas are weird because to older types like us (or at least me) they feel like a scam.

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