Google Scrambles To Catch Up In The Wake Of OpenAI's ChatGPT
Posted in Business, Online on 27th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Between debates about how bots like ChatGPT will impact everything from academics to journalism, folks have suggested ChatGPT may end Google's reign in search.
Google and Harvard map brain connections in unprecedented detail
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 6th Jun, 2021
by Alex Muller
The human brain is the most ridiculously complex computer that’s ever existed, and mapping this dense tangle of neurons, synapses and other cells is nigh on impossible. But engineers at Google and Harvard have given it the best shot yet, producing a browsable, searchable 3D map of a small section of human cerebral cortex.
Apple and Google say 25 states and territories have explored using COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Posted in Software on 6th Sep, 2020
by Alex Muller
Exposure Notifications Express capabilities are being introduced today as part of an iOS update and later this month for Android users.
Google Assistant passes 500 million users, will get longform reading and deeper smart home integration in 2020
Posted in Business, Online, Software on 9th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Google Assistant is now used by 500 million monthly active users, and today Google is previewing features on the way in 2020 like a new voice that reads articles and web pages aloud to users with a more natural and humanlike voice.
Alphabet Is Developing a Robot to Take Over Boring Everyday Tasks
Posted in Business, Hardware on 3rd Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Robots excel at carrying out specialized tasks in controlled environments, but put them in your average office and they’d be lost. Alphabet wants to change that by developing what they call the Everyday Robot, which could learn to help us out with our daily chores.