Google will ‘supercharge’ Assistant with AI that’s extra like ChatGPT and Bard

Google is planning to replace Assistant with options powered by generative AI, in line with a report from Axios. In an electronic mail obtained by the outlet, Google tells employees members that it has already began exploring a “supercharged” Assistant powered by the latest giant language fashions (LLM), much like the expertise behind ChatGPT and Google’s personal Bard chatbot. In response to the e-mail, “A portion of the crew has already began engaged on this, starting with cellular.”

As a part of this alteration, Google says it’s condensing the crew that works on Assistant. The e-mail obtained by Axios states that the corporate is “eliminating a small variety of roles,” though it’s unclear what number of workers are affected. In response to Axios, Google laid off “dozens” of employees. The Verge reached out to Google to substantiate this, and we’ll replace this text if we get extra info.

“We’re excited to discover how LLMs might help us supercharge Assistant and make it even higher.”

“We stay deeply dedicated to Assistant and we’re optimistic about its brilliant future forward,” Peeyush Ranjan, the vp of Google Assistant, and Duke Dukellis, the corporate’s product director, write within the electronic mail.

Whereas Google doesn’t elaborate on what sorts of options it plans on bringing to Assistant, there are some fairly huge prospects. For instance, Assistant may faucet into the identical expertise that powers its AI chatbot, Bard, presumably permitting it to reply questions based mostly on the knowledge it gleans from throughout the net.

“A whole bunch of thousands and thousands of individuals use the Assistant each month and we’re dedicated to giving them top quality experiences,” Google spokesperson Jennifer Rodstrom says in an announcement to The Verge. “We’re excited to discover how LLMs might help us supercharge Assistant and make it even higher.”

It’s nonetheless not clear when Google plans on bringing this expertise to its sensible dwelling merchandise, although — and I don’t assume lots of people (myself included) can be fully comfy with that, given the potential privateness implications.

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