⚡️ Google Assistant x Bard

It’s Thursday. Google introduces Assistant with Bard—promising to change the way we interact with our devices. From managing personal tasks to retrieving vital emails, the AI-powered assistant is about to raise the bar. Let’s explore what it has to offer.

Today’s Highlights:

• Canva unveils Magic Studio for effortless AI design

• Lemurian Labs promises sustainable AI circuits

• Walmart introduces generative AI features

DEEP DIVE

Google Introduces Assistant With Bard

Introduced at the 'Made by Google' event, Assistant with Bard fuses the inherent capabilities of Google Assistant with the generative and reasoning faculties of Bard. This AI-powered personal assistant can handle tasks through text, voice, or images, and even initiate actions autonomously. These features will be released on Android and iOS mobile devices in the coming months.

Extending Reach to Google's Apps

In an opt-in setup, Bard dives into Google apps (such as Gmail and Drive) to provide personalized responses. You can ask your Google Assistant to catch you up on the important emails missed this week—and Bard will curate essential emails.

This feature extends Bard's ability to integrate with Google's apps and services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and even Google Flights and hotels through "Bard extensions."

Stepping Up Personal Task Management

Beyond digging emails, Bard's expanded capabilities lend a hand in managing personal tasks. It might be writing captions for your social media posts, planning a trip, or making a grocery list.

Users can communicate with Google's Bard Assistant in three ways: through voice, typing in queries, and Bard's Google Lens integration. The Assistant can then double-check answers for AI hallucinations, a frequent issue with artificial intelligence.

Bard on Mobile Devices

As an AI-powered device constantly by your side, Bard can now also interact with mobile users in several ways. Long-pressing the power or home button on Pixel devices or select Samsung phones, will offer a conversational overlay, enabling Bard to respond to what's on the screen.

For now, the updated Google Assistant with Bard will launch in select markets, with plans to gradually include more users. An eventual expansion to other platforms is also in the pipeline.

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PUNCHLINES

Sustainable Circuits: Lemurian Labs offers hopes to reduce cost of running AI models with a new compute paradigm.

Sweat with AI: Fitbit's new AI chatbot analyzes your fitness performance and provides in-depth insights.

Meta Makeover: Meta begins rolling out AI-powered features in its Ads Manager.

NSFW: Facebook’s new AI-generated stickers are lewd, rude, and occasionally nude.

TLDR

Microsoft integrates AI in OneDrive with new Copilot feature: Microsoft is set to roll out a OneDrive revamp featuring Copilot, an AI tool in the web interface that predicts users’ file needs. The updates include options like file synchronization for offline browser users and integration of OneDrive into Teams and Outlook. Due in early 2024, Copilot's function is to aid users in file-finding and organization.

Walmart introduces generative AI features for enhanced shopping experience: Walmart is integrating generative AI tools to aid in shopping and interior design, including a conversational shopping assistant and context-aware search tool. Using AR technology, customers can also access an interior design assistant for redecorating suggestions based on uploaded room images.

Artifact brings AI-generated images to posts: Just one week after adding the ability to post, Artifact enables users to use AI to create visuals for their content—aiming to provide more captivating images. Available on iOS and Android, the feature allows users to input descriptions or keywords to generate an image corresponding to certain styles, genres, or mediums.

Canva launches Magic Studio for easy AI design: Canva's new Magic Studio suite utilizes AI for easier content creation, offering features like Magic Switch for transformations, AI-enabled photo editors, and a text-to-video capability. Canva also introduces a safety feature, Canva Shield, and a Creator Compensation Program that rewards designers whose content trains the company's AI models.

TRENDING TOOLS

🐝 HoneyHive: Iterate and optimize your LLM-powered products

💻 Lepton AI: Run AI applications efficiently on a large scale with a single line of code

🎥 Interactive Scenes by Luma AI: Create attractive, fast 3D content using Gaussian splatting

💡 Visily 2.0: Transition from mere ideas to tangible prototypes in seconds, without needing design skills

👩‍🎨 Looka: Design a logo and build a brand in seconds with an AI-powered platform

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