Google has been a leader in developing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning models way before the generative AI craze began.
However, the company’s generative AI efforts have paled in comparison to those of competitors, such as OpenAI and Microsoft, who are currently dominating the space with ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Even Google’s direct answer to those services, Google Bard, has been underwhelming and fallen short of expectations.
To accelerate its growth and hopefully bridge the innovation gap, Google will have to come up with something better than the competition, and what better time to do so than at Google I/O on May 10?
The annual developer conference brings together professionals from across the globe to learn more about the company’s latest software and hardware innovations, so it’s near-definite that Google will use the stage this time around to announce its hottest, latest developments in AI.
Here’s a round-up of what ZDNET expects Google to announce going into event day.
In the past, Google typically held onto its AI models until the company was sure they were fully ready to be released to the public. But the rapid growth of ChatGPT caused Google to take a different approach.
After seeing ChatGPT’s success, the company rushed to release its own chatbot, Google Bard, way before it was ready to deliver real value to customers. Google CEO Sundar Pichai even called Bard to “a souped-up Civic” compared to other AI models in an interview.
In that same interview, Pichai said that soon Google would be upgrading Bard to a more capable PaLM model that would improve its reasoning, coding, and math abilities. Since Google desperately needs to redeem itself from Bard’s initial launch, the company is expected to make public said upgrades at Google I/O.
