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Bibo Xu is a Product Manager at Google DeepMind and leads Gemini's multimodal modeling. This video dives into Google AI's journey from basic voice commands to advanced dialogue systems that comprehend not just what is said, but also tone, emotion, and visual context. Check out this conversation to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in integrating diverse AI capabilities when creating universal assistants. Resources: Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:43 - Introducing Bibo Xu 2:40 - Bibo's Journey: From business school to voice AI 3:59 - The genesis of Google Assistant and Google Home 6:50 - Milestones in speech recognition technology 13:30 - Shifting from command-based AI to natural dialogue 19:00 - The power of multimodal AI for human interaction 21:20 - Real-time multilingual translation with LLMs 25:20 - Project Astra: Building a universal assistant 28:40 - Developer challenges in multimodal AI integration 29:50 - Unpacking the "can't see" debugging story 35:10 - The importance of low latency and interruption 38:30 - Seamless dialogue and background noise filtering 40:00 - Redefining human-computer interaction 41:00 - Ethical considerations for humanlike AI 44:00 - Responding to user emotions and frustration 45:50 - Politeness and expectations in AI conversations 49:10 - AI as a catalyst for research and automation 52:00 - The future of AI assistants and tool use 52:40 - AI interacting with interfaces 54:50 - Transforming the future of work and communication 55:19 - AI for enhanced writing and idea generation 57:13 - Conclusion and future outlook for AI development Subscribe to Google for Developers → https://goo.gle/developers Speakers: Bibo Xu, Christina Warren, Ashley Oldacre Products Mentioned: Google AI, Gemini, Generative AI, Android, Google Home, Google Voice, Project Astra, Gemini Live, Google DeepMind

In this episode of People of AI , we take you behind the scenes of "ANCESTRA," a groundbreaking film that integrates generative artificial intelligence into its core. Hear from the director Eliza McNitt and key collaborators from the Google DeepMind team about how they leveraged AI as a new creative tool, navigated its capabilities and limitations, and ultimately shaped a unique cinematic experience. Understand the future role of AI in filmmaking and its potential for developers and storytellers. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction to Ancestra: AI in filmmaking 3:38 - The Origin Story of ANCESTRA 5:35 - Google DeepMind and Primordial Soup collaboration 11:47 - Veo and the creative process 20:21 - Behind the scenes: Making the film 28:47 - Generating videos: Gemini and Veo tools 38:11 - AI as a creative tool, not a replacement 47:41 - AI's impact and the future of the film industry 53:51 - Generative models: A new kind of camera 57:46 - Rapid fire & conclusion Resources: Ancestra → https://goo.gle/4mVScNW Making of ANCESTRA → https://goo.gle/3JVJil1 Veo 3 → https://goo.gle/4mWn3Kz Veo 3 Documentation → https://goo.gle/46qqFOV Veo 3 Cookbook → https://goo.gle/3VMVFSZ Google Flow → https://goo.gle/3VMVR4F Watch more People of AI → https://goo.gle/PAI Subscribe to Google for Developers → https://goo.gle/developers #PeopleofAI Speaker: Christina Warren, Ashley Oldacre, Eliza McNitt, Ben Wiley, Corey Matthewson, Products Mentioned: Google AI, Gemini, Veo 2, Veo 3

Join hosts Ashley Oldacre and Christinia Warren as they kick off Season 5 of the People of AI podcast with their first guest, Clement Farabet, VP of Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the evolution of AI, from early neural networks to the latest advancements in large language models and AI agents. Learn how research and product teams work together to bring developers the best tools to build with and are setting the stage for an agentic future. Resources: Clement Farabet → https://goo.gle/3UrbHkO "Attention is all you need" Paper → https://goo.gle/4kTmrmM Google DeepMind Models →https://goo.gle/4f1doPq AI Studio → https://goo.gle/4kSvjJu Agentic systems → https://goo.gle/41aqOmq Watch more People of AI → https://goo.gle/PAI

Join Ashley Oldacre as she hosts a conversation with artist Douglas Edrick Stanley and Dean of Research at Geneva University of Art and Design Anthony Masure. They discuss their origin stories, the role of AI in creative fields, and the value of critical thinking in a technology-driven world. Resources: Geneva School of Art and Design: https://goo.gle/4fNLYvh Anthony Masure: https://goo.gle/3PsxiqH Douglas Edric Stanley: https://goo.gle/4gJRu3f Artificial Design: Creation Versus Machine Learning: https://goo.gle/40mIGuy Art school in Aix-en-Provence: https://goo.gle/3PspDIV Caran D'Ache: https://goo.gle/4gKn4xL Drawing and AI: https://goo.gle/4jcmDhF Artists: Varvara & Mar: https://goo.gle/3BX0djF Assembling Intelligence Exhibition: https://goo.gle/3Pslg0x Myth of Janus: https://goo.gle/405CHZL #PeopleofAI

Explore the fascinating world of AI and its potential to transform how we work, learn, and create with NotebookLM. Join guests Steven Johnson, Editorial Director of Notebook LM, and Raiza Martin, Senior Product Manager at Google Labs, leading Notebook LM for a deep dive into the inspiration, development, practical use cases, and more in this People of AI episode. Resouces: A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? → https://goo.gle/3Cub1Wd NotebookLM website→ https://goo.gle/3UZOwPe Create your first notebook→ https://goo.gle/3OflIPc Adjacent possible newsletter → https://goo.gle/3AGpe21 #TensorFlow #PeopleofAI

Meet Fergus Hurley and Nia Castelly, co-funders of Checks, Google's AI-powered compliance platform. Fergus Hurley, Product Management Director at Google Cloud in addition to General Manager and Co-founder of Checks, and Nia Castelly, Co-Founder and Head of Legal at Checks, share the inner workings of Checks. Discover how they built Checks initially leveraging natural language processing (NLP) and, now Gemini, to review and analyze privacy policies at scale. Learn about their three-step approach that can detect what an app says it does, how they test apps to see what's going on, AI safety measures, Android vitals, and much more in this episode of People of AI. Resources: Checks → https://goo.gle/4ejR81h Code compliance → https://goo.gle/3YGOH30 Blog: Checks, Google's AI-powered privacy platform → https://goo.gle/4fszoSu The new new thing → https://goo.gle/3ChItPK GDPR → https://goo.gle/3NVO0hg Android Vitals → https://goo.gle/3YTs9xu The Singularity is Near → https://goo.gle/4fzcMQ5

Join host Ashley Oldacre and guest Sachin Kotwani, Google's On-Device ML Lead for a second special Google I/O episode. This interview dives deep into the world of Edge AI. Learn about the value, advantages and the future of on-device AI, and how it's already making waves through initiatives like Project Game Face, and much more. Resources: Andrew Ng's DeepLearning.AI course → https://goo.gle/3xS1Z3j ML Kit → https://goo.gle/3XIwqne Sachin on Google AI Edge at Google I/O → https://goo.gle/3VMC3hE Google AI Edge website → https://goo.gle/3xuSmHW Project Gameface → https://goo.gle/4cBeLlE AI Edge Torch → https://goo.gle/3XMsule LLM On-Device with MediaPipe and TensorFlow Lite → https://goo.gle/3La0KQa Model Explorer → https://goo.gle/3RRqapE

Meet François Chollet, creator of Keras, software engineer, and AI researcher at Google. Join François and hosts Ashley Oldacre and Gus Martins as they discuss how Keras 3 was created, integrating Keras 3 with Gemma and Kaggle, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and much more! Resources: François Chollet research → https://goo.gle/443V3vG Deep Learning With Python, Second Edition → https://goo.gle/3UnpdH1 Intelligence: On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines → https://goo.gle/3xDE33s Researcher Pierre-Yves Oudeyer → https://goo.gle/3W8a39V Monty Hall Challenge → https://goo.gle/3VYXAW5 Machine Learning: Keras 3 → https://goo.gle/3JqRgis Gemma on Keras → https://goo.gle/49Q0pfy The ARC challenge on Kaggle → https://goo.gle/3xQsDcr

Meet Tris Warkentin, Product Management lead for Google DeepMind's next-generation AI research, working to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Learn about the Gemini ecosystem and Google's newest family of open models, Gemma! Discover what it can do and why this is a monumental step for the developer community. Unpack the power and exciting new capabilities this will unleash in the hands of developers and how this has been a long tradition in Google history. Dive into what it means to release a generative model like this into the public, addressing potential concerns and the Responsible AI measures in place to mitigate unethical use. Learn about AGI, Tris's start in the tech industry as a technical writing intern, and more on this People of AI episode hosted by Ashley and Gus! Resources: Gemma links: Gemma Developer Day 2024 → https://goo.gle/4as2nnu Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models → https://goo.gle/3UYQksT Fine-Tuning Gemma Models in Hugging Face → https://goo.gle/3TiAU1m Gemma models in Kaggle → https://goo.gle/48ypQ4p Shining Brighter Together: Google's Gemma Optimized to Run on NVIDIA GPUs → https://goo.gle/3Tf1wjA Google AI Studios → https://goo.gle/3P3eCxM Gemini Era links: Announcement → https://goo.gle/3uYRhGM Gemini API → https://goo.gle/3T1kmJS Responsible AI: Conversation with Tulsee Doshi → https://goo.gle/4a75OzA Responsible Generative AI Toolkit → https://goo.gle/4czolWO Levels of AGI: Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI → https://goo.gle/3TJMKR4 Carl McBride Notebook → https://goo.gle/3vEgfM0

Meet Jeanine Banks, VP and GM of the Developer X and Developer Relations Business at Google. In this role, she empowers millions of developers to build AI enabled businesses and applications for billions of users worldwide. Hear about the latest Google AI ecosystem of tools from Gemini and Gemma to Projet IDX. Learn about her journey into the tech industry, solving real-world problems with AI, and how she is growing, connecting and supporting developer communities through multiple channels and events. Resources: Gemma links: Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models → https://goo.gle/3UYQksT Fine-Tuning Gemma Models in Hugging Face → https://goo.gle/3TiAU1m Gemma models in Kaggle → https://goo.gle/48ypQ4p Shining Brighter Together: Google's Gemma Optimized to Run on NVIDIA GPUs → https://goo.gle/3Tf1wjA Google AI Studios → https://goo.gle/3P3eCxM Gemini Era links: Announcement → https://goo.gle/3uYRhGM Gemini API → https://goo.gle/3T1kmJS Project IDX → https://goo.gle/3Pq6HLx Introducing Project IDX → https://goo.gle/49Aib6W

Meet Adrit Rao, a high school student, app developer, and research intern at Stanford University. During elementary school lunch time he would develop games, it's no surprise he has launched 5 iOS apps at 12! This People of AI podcast episode explores how Adrit built his confidence through building apps, learning from the online community, cold calling for opportunities and landing a research internship to build an app with AI to diagnose and treat cardiovascular health issues. He shares his passion by teaching a coding camp for kids as young as elementary students, called Learn 2 Code 4 kids run by his non-profit Aretech in support of his local community. Resources: TensorFlow Blog → https://goo.gle/TF-blog Scratch → https://goo.gle/3SkYJnp AutoABI App → https://goo.gle/3unSIOH Signer - AI Sign Translator → https://goo.gle/3SoheHr L2 Code 4 Kids → https://goo.gle/3ufsazk Get involved Foundation → https://goo.gle/49iDsBO Watch more People of AI → https://goo.gle/PAI Subscribe to the TensorFlow channel → https://goo.gle/TensorFlow

Meet Tulsee Doshi, Head of Product for Google's Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology. She leads development of Google wide improvements, resources, and best practices for developing more inclusive and ethical products. She shares her journey from starting as an intern product manager through Google's APM program to finding a career that allows her to mix her interdisciplinary interests to benefit users. Learn about adopting ethical and responsible technology principles to protect users and build better products on this episode of People of AI. Discover how easy it is to incorporate AI principles into products through a forward thinking mindset, Google's Responsible AI Toolkit in TensorFlow and more. Resources: Google Associate Product Manager Program → https://goo.gle/46An65L Responsible AI Toolkit → https://goo.gle/4a0z3EE PAIR Guidebook → https://goo.gle/4830hc5 Monk Skin Tone Scale → https://goo.gle/46HLdPZ Get started → https://goo.gle/3N6RehW

Meet Joyce Shen, a venture investor focused on emerging technology and AI companies. Learn about startups, acquisitions, and mergers on this episode of People of AI. Joyce shares her career journey in statistics and economics and how she brought her unique experience into building a model for IBM to apply to acquisitions and evaluate startups. Ashley, Gus, and Joyce talk about challenges that businesses are currently facing to integrate or acquire other AI businesses, building trust amongst customers and consumers, and much more. Resources: Joyce's picks: readings in ML/AI → https://goo.gle/3MzNwxi Berkley courses → https://goo.gle/47lLXef Books: From Talking to Doing: A Short Guide to Corporate Innovation Success Check it out Amazon → https://goo.gle/40tnaT8 Check it out on Barnes & Noble → https://goo.gle/3MButCz Blockchain in Financial Markets and Beyond: The Promises and Limitations of Blockchain: Taking Stock and Lessons Learned Check it out Amazon → https://goo.gle/3SACPhE Check it out on Risk→ https://goo.gle/3udEL5r