Last year at Google I/O, one of the most interesting demos was Project Astra, an early version of a multimodal AI that could recognize your surroundings in real-time and answer questions about them ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. To close out 2024, Google announced Gemini 2.0, it’s newest version of its AI model that will basically power ...

When asked how Google Search will evolve around AI, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai asked everyone to look to some of DeepMind’s research projects around multimodal AI and agents. “I think we’ll continue ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

In announcing Gemini 2.0, Google today shared the latest on Project Astra, while unveiling Project Mariner as an agent that can browse the web for you. Google says a “new class of agentic experiences” ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

The technology powering Gemini Live’s camera and screen sharing is called Project Astra. It’s available as an Android app for trusted testers, and Google today unveiled agentic capabilities for ...

Few tech-industry traditions are as time-honored as vaporware: stuff that gets publicly demoed well before it’s ready to ship. In some cases, the companies in question are just slower to finish their ...

When I saw Google’s Project Astra, a real-time computer vision-based UI, last year, I was cautiously excited for the future—the future of smart glasses specifically. In its (admittedly very controlled ...