Google plans on creating an AI powered ‘Supercharge Assistant,’ may eliminate few jobs
According to a purported internal Google email, the tech giant may be enhancing Google Assistant with generative AI-powered features to produce a ‘Supercharged Assistant.’
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Highlights
- Google is preparing to add generative AI capabilities to Google Assistant, akin to Google Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT
- The tech giant is said to be restructuring its workforce and terminating certain employees, suggests an internal email
The Google Assistant, which was made popular by Pixel phones, has frequently been promoted by Google as a one-stop shop for simplifying your life, from setting alarms to conducting web searches. Now, it seems to be adding features powered by generative AI as well, to provide a ‘Supercharged Assistant.’
Google is preparing to add generative AI capabilities to Google Assistant, akin to Google Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to an internal email obtained by Axios, an American news website.
By effectively redesigning Google Assistant, this shift gives users new ways to use the tool. According to Axios, work on this feature has already started for the product's mobile edition. As a result of this change, Google is restructuring several teams.
What does recent information convey?
Google states in the email that it is aware of the effects that generative AI has had and that it sees a huge opportunity to explore what a Supercharged Assistant, powered by the latest LLM technology, would look like.
As part of its renewed focus on the Assistant, Google is restructuring its workforce and terminating certain employees, revealed the recent mail from Peeyush Ranjan, the Vice President of Google Assistant, and Duke Dukellis, the company’s Product Director. They highlighted that “As part of this update, we are also eliminating a small number of roles within the team. We have already let these teammates know and we will provide dedicated support to help them through this transition.”
Google Assistant may have similar features as Bard
Experts believe that how Google integrates its LLMs into Google Assistant will be an interesting part to observe. Well, it's important to note that it's not the first time that Google Bard, their chatbot, uses the PaLM 2 Large Language Model. Google Assistant may acquire features similar to Google Bard but tailored to work better on a mobile UI (user interface).
At Google's developer conference in 2016, Google Assistant made its debut. It was initially only usable with the Pixel and Pixel XL of the first generation.
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