Google Assistant gets an AI reboot

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📰 News: Google Assistant gets an AI reboot

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🎲 Misc: Everyone’s onboard AI hype train

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 Big Tech

Google is bringing Generative AI to their Assistant

LLM powered AI models have become ubiquitous, but surprisingly, voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant seem to be stuck in 2020.

However, that’s about to change according to leaked documents suggesting Google is developing a new AI-powered Assistant. Despite Amazon’s Alexa team reporting a loss of nearly $10 billion in 2022, followed by a major layoff, its working on a new version of Alexa.

 Education

Textbook publisher Pearson to launch an AI Study Buddy

The days of group study sessions are long gone; now, AI chatbots will keep you company. Pearson, a London-based textbook publishing giant, is developing a new AI-powered assistant to provide real-time, personalized support for students.

This ChatGPT-style assistant is expected to be available by the fall session, offering a personalized learning experience. Pearson first announced its ambitious AI plans in May 2023 and the strategy appears to be paying off, with the company seeing over a 44% growth in profits in the first half of 2023.

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 Today in Tech

• Uber-bot: Uber is developing an AI-Powered Chatbot to integrate into app - Bloomberg

• $900,000 job: Netflix pulls their $900,000 job to use AI to create content after backlash - Newsweek

• Healthcare push: Amazon expands virtual clinic to all 50 states in health push - Amazon

• Everyone’s onboard AI hype train: Companies double down on AI in June-quarter analyst calls - Reuters