First up is talking about generative #AI with Gmail —Pichai is recapping smart replies, smart compose.
Introducing "help me write": AI can read your email and produce replies. EG if your flight is canceled, "Help me write" can create a message that could dramatically help get you a refund.
Google Photos update next: We already have image removal and later this year using contextual understanding and generative AI, you'll have "Magic Editor"
Holy crap...Google is making Photos app a pseudo competitor to Lightroom and Photoshop.
Announcing PaLM 2: Builds on fundamental research and infrastructure. Highly capable of wide range of tasks. Over 25 products and features powered by PaLM 2 today.
So lightweight that it can work on mobile devices and even offline. Spans over 100 languages. Help developers collaborating around the world.
Pichai talks about the combo of teams into Google DeepMinds, saying that the teams contributed to many breakthroughs in #AI that led to the "inflection point where we are today."
Goes on to talk about Gemini that's still in development.
Mentions AI responsibility — having tools to identify synthetic content where you encounter it, such as watermarking. Pichai says moving forward all content will include watermarking and other info. Also, talks about metadata included in AI images. #googleio