With technology like Project Astra, it’s easy to imagine a future where people could have an expert AI assistant by their side, via a phone or glasses. Some of these capabilities will be integrated into Google products, like the Gemini app and web experience, later this year.
Project Astra is Google's "multimodal" answer to the new ChatGPT.
Google's new voice-activated AI assistant, called Project Astra, can interpret what your phone's camera sees. It was announced a day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT.
Google Deep learning mentions: "
While we have made incredible progress in developing AI systems capable of understanding multimodal information, reducing the response time to something conversational is a difficult technical challenge.
Over the past few years, we've been working to improve our models' perception, reasoning, and conversation to make the pace and quality of interactions more natural.
Leveraging our cutting-edge speech models, we’ve also improved the sound of our AI agents, giving them a wider range of intonations. These agents can better understand the context in which they’re being used and respond quickly in a conversation.”
Stay tuned for more information on this exciting initiative and its future rollout. With Project Astra, Google continues to show why it remains at the forefront of technological innovation, constantly redefining the boundaries of what is possible.