Google AI

Google AI
Company typeDivision
IndustryArtificial intelligence
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
ParentGoogle
Websiteai.google

Google AI is a division of Google dedicated to artificial intelligence.[1] It was announced at Google I/O 2017 by CEO Sundar Pichai.[2]

This division has expanded its reach with research facilities in various parts of the world such as Zurich, Paris, Israel, and Beijing.[3] In 2023, Google AI was part of the reorganization initiative that elevated its head, Jeff Dean, to the position of chief scientist at Google.[4] This reorganization involved the merging of Google Brain and DeepMind, a UK-based company that Google acquired in 2014 that operated separately from the company’s core research.[5] This division is predicted to rise in value and performance as AI becomes more mainstream, since Google is already an AI powerhouse.[6]

Projects

  • Google Brain: a big subsidiary developing AI with machine learning to improve various Google services (e.g. better translation quality in Google Translate)
  • Bard: a chatbot based on the Gemini model.
  • Google Assistant: is a virtual assistant software application developed by Google AI since 2023.
  • Serving cloud-based TPUs (tensor processing units) in order to develop machine learning software.[7][8] The TPU research cloud provides free access to a cluster of cloud TPUs to researchers engaged in open-source machine learning research.[9]
  • TensorFlow:[10] a machine learning software library.
  • Magenta: a deep learning research team exploring the role of machine learning as a tool in the creative process.[11] The team has released many open source projects allowing artists and musicians to extend their processes using AI.[12] With the use of Magenta, musicians and composers could create high-quality music at a lower cost, making it easier for new artists to enter the industry.[13]
  • Sycamore : a new 54-qubit programmable quantum processor.[14]
  • LaMDA: a family of conversational neural language models[15]
  • A program designed to address the growing need for developing free speech resources for under-represented languages[16]

References

  1. ^ Jhonsa, Eric (May 18, 2017). "Google Has an AI Lead and Is Putting It to Good Use". TheStreet.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "Google I/O'17: Google Keynote". YouTube. Google Developers. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  3. ^ Daim, Tugrul U.; Meissner, Dirk (2020). Innovation Management in the Intelligent World: Cases and Tools. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-3-030-58300-2.
  4. ^ Bergen, Mark; Alba, Davey (January 20, 2023). "Google's Treasured AI Unit Gets Swept Up in 12,000 Job Cuts". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ Elias, Jennifer (April 20, 2023). "Read the internal memo Alphabet sent in merging A.I.-focused groups DeepMind and Google Brain". CNBC. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  6. ^ Elias, Jennifer (July 26, 2023). "Google points to many ways it can win in A.I. even as online ad market shows cracks". CNBC. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Bergen, Mark (May 17, 2017). "Google to Offer New AI 'Supercomputer' Chip Via Cloud". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  8. ^ Vanian, Jonathan (May 17, 2017). "Google Hopes This New Technology Will Make Artificial Intelligence Smarter". Fortune. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  9. ^ "TPU Research Cloud". sites.research.google. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  10. ^ "TensorFlow – Google.ai". Google.ai. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  11. ^ "Magenta". Magenta.tensorflow.org. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "tenorflow/magenta". github.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Google Magenta AI – Music Creation". DaayaLab. March 18, 2023. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  14. ^ "Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor". Google AI Blog. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  15. ^ Condon, Stephanie (May 18, 2021). "Google I/O 2021: Google unveils new conversational language model, LaMDA". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  16. ^ Butryna, Alena; Chu, Shan Hui Cathy; Demirsahin, Isin; Gutkin, Alexander; Ha, Linne; He, Fei; Jansche, Martin; Johny, Cibu C.; Katanova, Anna; Kjartansson, Oddur; Li, Chen Fang; Sarin, Supheakmungkol; Oo, Yin May; Pipatsrisawat, Knot; Rivera, Clara E. (2019). "Google Crowdsourced Speech Corpora and Related Open-Source Resources for Low-Resource Languages and Dialects: An Overview" (PDF). 2019 UNESCO International Conference Language Technologies for All (LT4All): Enabling Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism Worldwide. 4–6 December, Paris, France: 91–94. arXiv:2010.06778. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.{cite journal}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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