Others · May 10, 2023

Here’s everything Google has announced at I/O so far

It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicks off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it’s been working on. Brian already kicked us off by toptechtrends.com/2023/05/05/google-i-o-2023-is-next-week-heres-what-were-expecting/”>sharing what we are expecting.

We know you don’t always have time to watch toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/watch-the-google-i-o-2023-keynote-live/”>the whole two-hour presentation today, so we’re taking that on and will deliver quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced, all in an easy-to-digest, easy-to-skim list. Here we go!

Google Maps

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Google Maps unveiled a new “Immersive View for Routes” feature in select cities. The new feature brings all of the information that a user may need into one place, including details about traffic simulations, bike lanes, complex intersections, parking and more. toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/google-maps-new-immersive-view-for-routes-feature/”>Read more.

Magic Editor

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We’re always wanting to change something about the photo we just took, and now Google’s Magic Editor feature is AI-powered for more complex edits in specific parts of the photos, for example the foreground or background and can also fill in gaps in the photo or even reposition the subject for a better-framed shot. toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/google-photos-to-gain-a-new-magic-editor-feature-powered-by-generative-ai/”>Check it out.

PaLM 2

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Frederic has your look at PaLM 2, Google’s newest large language model (LLM). He writes “PaLM 2 will power Google’s updated Bard chat tool, the company’s competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and function as the foundation model for most of the new AI features the company is announcing today.” PaLM 2 also now features improved support for writing and debugging code. toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/google-launches-palm-2-its-next-gen-large-language-model/”>More here. Also, Kyle takes a deeper dive into PaLM 2 with toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/googles-palm-2-paper-shows-that-text-generating-ai-still-has-a-long-way-to-go/”>a more critical look at the model through the lens of a Google-authored research paper.

Stay tuned for more developments as the day “unfolds,” get it?

toptechtrends.com/tag/google-i-o-2023/”>Read more about Google I/O 2023 on TechCrunch

toptechtrends.com/2023/05/10/heres-everything-google-has-announced-at-i-o-so-far/”>Here’s everything Google has announced at I/O so far by toptechtrends.com/author/christine-hall/”>Christine Hall originally published on toptechtrends.com/”>TechCrunch

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