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During its annual Google I/O developer conference held on Tuesday, May 14th, Google announced that it will be integrating Gemini Nano, the company’s lightest generative AI model, directly into the Chrome desktop client, starting with Chrome 126.
Google Chrome to be Powered by Gemini Nano
Gemini Nano is a lightweight large language model (LLM) that Google introduced to the Pixel 8 lineup last year.
The company says the LLM will enable developers to power their own AI-related features and generate content like product reviews, social media posts, and other blurbs directly within its web browser. Gemini Nano will run locally on users’ devices
Google also has plans to use Gemini Nano to power its existing tools like the “Help Me Write” on the Workspace Lab in Gmail. Help Me Write allows users to right-click on a text field of any website, call up the tool, type a prompt, and have the AI generate a short sentence for them.
The tech giant claims that its recent work on WebGPU and WASM support in Chrome is what enables the model to run at a reasonable speed on a wide range of hardware.
Google will make Gemini available in Chrome DevTools, a platform used by developers to debug and tune their Chrome-specific applications. The AI can provide explanations for error messages as well as make suggestions on how to fix coding-related issues.
Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, Google’s director of product management for Chrome, Jon Dahlke, said in a briefing that the company is in discussions with other browser vendors to enable webGPU and WASM in their respective browsers as well.
Dahlke also said that Google will be opening an early preview program for developers. He declared that the web is “AI-ready” with webGPU, WASM, and Gemini built into Chrome.
Gemini Nano is also set to gain multi-modal capabilities that will allow it to process multiple pieces of information simultaneously, such as text, audio, and images.
Google Search Will Preview an AI-Generated Summary for Search Results
Google is overhauling the user experience on its web browser. The Search Generative Experience (SGE) has been renamed as “AI Overviews” and will soon be rolled out to customers in the US.
Billions of Google Search users will see an AI-generated summary at the top of their internet searches. Until now, the feature had been exclusive to users who had signed up for the Search Generative Experience initiative, which trialed Gemini before public release.
The AI Overviews are meant to give the user a general view of the answer to their query along with links to relevant and credible resources for more information on the subject.
Google Search now has an AI-powered results page organization feature that will offer users suggestions depending on their search query. If someone wants to take a look at restaurants in a new city, it might offer them suggestions for a date night or a business meeting without having to ask for it.
Google is expected to release the stable version of Chrome 126 powered by Google Nano after June 5th, 2024.
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