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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAge of the AI agents: OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Project Astra, plus an exclusive sit-down with Google CEO Sundar PichaiAI has moved into a new era – from chatbots to AI agents capable of having instantaneous, real-time conversations as showcased by Microsoft-backed OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Project Astra. We break down what's behind the big leap forward, the risks involved, and sit down with Google CEO Sundar Pichai exclusively on the news.

Persons: OpenAI's, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Google's, Astra, Google, Microsoft

☆ Sam Altman throws shade at Google's 'aesthetic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI and Google each held major events this week announcing AI updates, one day apart. Sam Altman said he "cannot stop thinking" about the aesthetic difference between Google and OpenAI. The post led a Google engineer to call out Altman for timing OpenAI's event just before Google's. AdvertisementSam Altman isn't afraid to stir the pot a bit in the AI race, and his latest post took aim at Google. OpenAI and Google held their biggest events of the year so far, a day apart from each other — and AI was the theme of both.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, —, Sam Altman isn't, OpenAI Organizations: Google, Service, Astra, Business

☆ Sergey Brin says Google was 10 years too early with Google Glass — but they'd be perfect for AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sergey Brin said at Google I/O that Project Astra is "the perfect hardware" for smart glasses. Google's cofounder said the tech giant was a decade too early with Google Glass, which famously flopped. Google revealed Project Astra on Tuesday, an AI agent that was also working on prototype glasses. Amazon also launched its own version of smart glasses in 2019. But as companies like Google and OpenAI show off just how impressive the next level of AI is, don't be surprised if the idea of AI glasses gains more traction.

Persons: Sergey Brin, —, Pichai, Zuckerberg, Meta's Organizations: Google, Astra, Service, Project Astra, CNBC, Amazon, Business

☆ An AI agent may soon be at your beck and call, but it might cost you a bit of your privacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at Google's big event that's pitching all the ways AI agents can make our lives easier . Google I/O, the tech giant's biggest developer conference, was heavy on the rise of so-called AI agents , writes Business Insider's Hugh Langley, who was there in person. AdvertisementGoogle's faithful, old search engine got a noticeable facelift with the help of AI , writes BI's Geoff Weiss. Steven Puetzer/Getty, Tyler Le/BIThe stakes for Google are high, as nailing AI agents opens up a massive business opportunity. For AI agents to be so intuitive, they'll need access to seemingly every aspect of our lives.

Persons: —, Tyler Le, you've, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Hugh Langley, Sundar Pichai, Geoff Weiss, Hugh, Alistair Barr, Gregory Wayne, Steven Puetzer, hasn't, Alistair, Demis Hassabis, Minchillo, Keith Gill, Naz Vahid, Andy Sieg's, Noah Berger, Jia Feng, Tingting Ji, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, BI's Peter Kafka, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Astra, GameStop, AMC Entertainment, JPMorgan, Citi, Amazon Web Services, Walmart, UPS, Nielsen, Cisco Systems, Warner Bros, Discovery Locations: New York, Dublin, London

☆ Alphabet CEO: Search uses Gemini's intelligence, and grounds it with what it knows about the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet CEO: Search uses Gemini's intelligence, and grounds it with what it knows about the worldAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai joins CNBC's Deirdre Bosa at Google I/O developer conference to talk its new AI rollout, project Astra, its response to OpenAI's search competitor and more.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Deirdre Bosa Organizations: Google, Astra

☆ Google CEO Pichai says company will 'sort it out' if OpenAI misused YouTube for AI training
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Google will "sort it out" if it determines Microsoft -backed OpenAI relied on YouTube content to train an artificial intelligence model that can generate videos. The New York Times later reported that OpenAI had transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos. Asked if Google would sue OpenAI if the startup violated the search company's terms of service, Pichai didn't offer specifics. Pichai said Google has processes in place to figure out if OpenAI failed to comply with the rules. WATCH: Alphabet CEO on report OpenAI trained GPT-4 on YouTube: We have clear terms of service

Persons: Sundar Pichai, OpenAI, CNBC's Deirdre Bosa, Mira Murati, Murati, Pichai, Apple, Bosa, We'll, GPT Organizations: Microsoft, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Google, Google's, Astra, Apple, Developers Conference, Bloomberg, Gemini Locations: U.S, Cupertino , California

Meanwhile, OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface. Gemini AI updatesGoogle introduced updates to Gemini 1.5 Pro, its AI model that will soon be able to handle even more data — for example, the tool can summarize 1,500 pages of text uploaded by a user. Generative AI tools such as chatbots and image creators continue to have issues with accuracy, however. New search featuresThe tech giant is launching "AI Overviews" in Google Search on Monday in the U.S. AI Overviews show a quick summary of answers to the most complex search questions, according to Liz Reid, head of Google Search. Google Search found the model of the record player and suggested that it could be malfunctioning because it wasn't properly balanced.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Andrej Sokolow, Anthropic, OpenAI, There's, Pichai, Gemini, Apple's Siri, Prabhakar Raghavan, Liz Reid, you'll, that's, Google's, Tony Stark's, —, ChatGPT, Demis Hassabis Organizations: Google, Getty, Gemini, Monday, Gmail, Astra Project Astra, Marvel, Astra Locations: U.S

☆ Google teases the return of Google Glass in Project Astra demo
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While promoting Project Astra, Google CEO Sundar Pichai teased the possible return of Google Glass. The first Google Glass was originally launched in 2013 and was a remarkable commercial failure. "Google Glass has RE-entered the chat," one user quipped below the YouTube video promoting Project Astra and featuring the prototype glasses. AdvertisementThe original Google Glass debuted in 2013 but was a remarkable commercial failure. Production on the original Google Glass was ultimately discontinued in 2015, though two enterprise editions were attempted in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Pichai, —, Sundar Pichar, Pichar, toted, Quinn Meyers Organizations: Astra, Google, CNBC, Service, Project Astra, Business, YouTube, Apple, Gemini

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Alphabet CEO Sundar PichaiAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai joins CNBC's Deirdre Bosa at Google I/O developer conference to talk its new AI rollout, project Astra, its response to OpenAI's search competitor and more.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Deirdre Bosa Organizations: Google, Astra

☆ What's the killer AI app for consumers? Google finally has a contender.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewSince ChatGPT burst onto the scene in 2022, there's been no real "killer app" to get consumers embracing AI in massive numbers. The internet, possibly the biggest killer app of all, made us all buy smartphones, tablets, and a host of other connected devices. AI killer app contendersAt its IO developer conference on Tuesday, Google showed off some pretty amazing AI killer app contenders. A Google AI model lurking on the phone (and in the cloud) answered correctly. The Google AI agent captured all the dates, times, and other details and automatically loaded them into the user's Google Calendar.

Persons: —, there's, she'd, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sissie Hsiao, DeepMind's Hassabis, Pichai Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Astra, Microsoft Locations: London

☆ Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai: We can do Google search a lot better with generative AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai: We can do Google search a lot better with generative AIAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai joins CNBC's Deirdre Bosa at Google I/O developer conference to talk its new AI rollout, project Astra, its response to OpenAI's search competitor and more.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Deirdre Bosa Organizations: Google, Astra

☆ Alphabet CEO on report OpenAI trained GPT-4 on YouTube: We have clear terms of service
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet CEO on report OpenAI trained GPT-4 on YouTube: We have clear terms of serviceAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai joins CNBC's Deirdre Bosa at Google I/O developer conference to talk its new AI rollout, project Astra, its response to OpenAI's search competitor and more.

Persons: OpenAI, GPT, Sundar Pichai, Deirdre Bosa Organizations: Google, Astra

☆ Google shows off how AI Gmail, Photos and shopping will work
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A day after OpenAI impressed with a startlingly improved ChatGPT AI model, Google showed off its vision for how AI will improve the products that billions of people use every day. Google showed how it wants its AI products to become a bigger part of users’ lives by sharing information, interacting with others, finding objects around the house, making schedules, shopping and using an Android device. Simply put, Google wants its AI to be part of everything you do. Google CEO Sundar Pichai showed off various new features powered by its latest AI model Gemini 1.5 Pro. One new feature, called Ask Photos, allows users to search photos for deeper insights, such as asking when your daughter learned to swim or recall what your license plate number is, by looking through saved pictures.

Persons: OpenAI, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, —, ”, Google’s, Jacob Bourne, it’s Organizations: CNN, Google, Gmail, Google Lens, Astra, “

☆ I danced with Project Astra, Google's experimental new AI agent. Here's what happened.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After the keynote, journalists were herded over to a demo area for Project Astra. Before we went in, while waiting in line, two members of the Project Astra team from DeepMind walked us through how to use the technology. Google's Gemini model reviewed the phone's live video and said I was wearing casual clothes. He's been at DeepMind for about a decade and we discussed the origins on Project Astra. Beyond chatbotsThis is part of what inspired Project Astra, Wayne said.

Persons: —, We've, Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, Max Cherney, Max, Google's, Gemini, I'd, Gregory Wayne, Captain Cook, He's, he's, Cook, Wayne, SuperEvilMegaCorp Organizations: Service, Google, Project Astra, Business, Reuters, Astra, Tierra del Fuego Locations: Tierra del, Silicon

☆ Google announces AI agent 'Project Astra'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGoogle announces AI agent 'Project Astra'CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss Google's latest announcement at its tech event.

Persons: Deirdre Bosa Organizations: Google, Astra

☆ Google just gave us a tantalizing glimpse into the future of AI agents
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhat if the Google Assistant was actually… an assistant? In short: AI agents are what have the best shot at taking this technology from "nice to have" to "need to have." But there are other ways these AI agents will emerge in the nearer term. Google teased a combination of updates that will soon make its Gemini AI chatbot more capable and proactive. Tentacles and tailoringBut it's in its legacy products that Google really has an edge when it comes to enabling agent-like qualities.

Persons: —, It's, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Astra Pichai, We've, Demis Hassabis, OpenAI, Sissie Hsiao, Hsiao, Chatbots, Liz Reid, Google's, Reid Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Astra, Gemini Locations: London

☆ Russia keeps accidentally dropping bombs on its own people as it struggles to hit intended targets, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In early May, reports circulated that Russia had accidentally bombed its own territory in Belgorod. UK intelligence said such instances highlight Russia's struggles to employ munitions on intended targets. AdvertisementThere have been numerous reports over the last year of incidents of Russian aircraft accidentally dropping bombs and missiles on Russian civilian areas around border regions with Ukraine. Belgorod, a region of Russia close to the besieged northeastern Ukrainian territory of Kharkiv, has borne the brunt of the apparent errors. It noted that increasing reports of such incidents likely pointed to fatigued troops and poor training.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Russian, Telegram, Astra, Russian FAB, Russian Defense Ministry, Getty, British Ministry of Defence, MoD Locations: Russia, Belgorod, It's, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Russian, Anadolu

☆ Ukraine drones attack multiple oil refineries in the campaign against Russia's strategic energy industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine attacked another Russian oil refinery on Saturday night. AdvertisementA long week of attacks on oil and gas infrastructureThis past week, Ukraine has made a concerted effort to degrade Russia's oil production capabilities. The governor of Russia's Samara Oblast reported on March 16 that Ukrainian drones had attacked two Rosneft oil refineries. One attack had hit another major oil refinery operated by Lukoil in the southwestern Volgograd region. Similar incidents had occurred across Russia in January, hitting the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery, an oil refinery in Tuapse, a storage facility in Klintsy, and a Baltic sea Ust-Luga terminal.

Persons: —, Ukrainska, Russia's, Andriy Yermak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelensky, Краснодарському кра РосВдео Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Business, Astra, Ukrainska Pravda, Security Services, Security Service, Stringer, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Reuters, Staff, Lukoil, НПЗ Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Krasnodar, Moscow, Russia, Russia's Samara Oblast, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Leningrad, Lukoil's Norsi, Russia's Belgorod, Norsi, Ukrainian, Volgograd, Tuapse, Klintsy, Baltic

☆ It looks like Elon Musk will help launch a new Ad Astra school on a former horse ranch in Texas this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A job listing indicates that a new Montessori Ad Astra school will open this summer. Musk cofounded Ad Astra in 2014. AdvertisementA job listing indicates that Elon Musk is planning to launch a new Ad Astra school in Texas. Musk cofounded Ad Astra in 2014 with Josh Dahn. Ad Astra appears to be partnering with Xplor Education, a firm that provides software for childcare operators, to form the new Montessori school.

Persons: Musk, —, Elon Musk, Josh Dahn, Dahn, it's, execs, didn't Organizations: Ad Astra, Astra, Service, Business, Xplor Education, Montessori, The New York Times, Maria Montessori Institute, The Boring, SpaceX, Times, Bel Air Locations: Texas, Boca Chica , Texas, Bastrop , Texas, Austin

☆ Space company Astra going private to avoid bankruptcy after dismal public run
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Space company Astra will go private in a cut-rate deal with its founders after a dismal run as a publicly-traded stock. A special committee of the board, with Kemp and London abstaining, voted in favor of the take-private plan. Astra's stock, halted at 85 cents a share near the time of the announcement, closed at 58 cents a share Thursday. The San Francisco-area company, incorporated in 2016, once aimed to mass produce small rockets and conduct launches as often as daily. Since its stock debut, Astra's rockets reached orbit twice – but the company also suffered three launch failures.

Persons: Chris Kemp, Adam London, –, Kemp Organizations: Astra, London, Astra's Locations: San Francisco

☆ Putin is promising Russians billions of dollars of lifestyle improvements — but it's unclear where all that money will come from
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

At his state-of-the-nation address on Thursday, Putin pledged plans to improve living standards in Russia. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Putin's promises could cost Russia $130 billion more than its current budget, according to analysts' estimates, per Bloomberg. Putin called on Russians to have more babies last month to "survive as an ethnic group."

Persons: Putin, —, Vladimir Putin, There's, aren't, Dmitry Polevoy, Putin —, Polevoy Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Putin, Reuters, London, Astra Asset Management Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Russia accidentally bombed itself again, the fourth time this month, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA Russian plane accidentally dropped two bombs on Russian territory, according to UK intelligence, marking the fourth time it's happened this month. The UK Ministry of Defence highlighted the incidents in an intelligence update on Tuesday, citing a report by the independent Telegram news channel Astra. According to the report, a Russian aircraft discharged two FAB-250 bombs in the Belgorod region last Saturday. AdvertisementThis is the fourth such incident this month and the fifth over the last 12 months, the MOD said.

Persons: —, Russian warplane, Leonid Pasechnik Organizations: Service, Business, UK Ministry of Defence, Telegram, Astra, FAB, MOD Locations: Russian, Belgorod, Postnikov, Streletskaya, Petropavlovka, Russia's Voronezh Oblast, Luhansk People's Republic, Rubizhne, Russia, Luhansk

☆ A handful of space companies are running out of cash and time. Here are three at risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A flurry of about a dozen space companies went public over the last few years. SidusSidus Space is a little-known space company that went the traditional IPO route in late 2021 and began trading on the Nasdaq at a near $200 million valuation. But it had less than $2 million in cash at the end of September, trading at a near $9 million valuation according to FactSet. Elsewhere in spaceA fourth space company in a potentially precarious spot is satellite imagery company Satellogic . Overall, investment in the space sector bounced back in 2023, with companies bringing in $12.5 billion in investment last year.

Persons: Here's, Momentus, there's, Sidus, Satellogic, hasn't Organizations: Astra, Astra Astra, Nasdaq, CNBC, Terran

☆ Voices of Peaceful Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Abmcganney Nolan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s been 40 years since Martin Luther King’s Birthday became a national holiday, and the question of how to celebrate it was probably best answered by the late John Lewis. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday and throughout the year. Written by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, CORETTA’S JOURNEY: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King (Calkins Creek/Astra, 48 pp., $18.99, ages 7 to 10) provides a stirring introduction to a woman who stood strong before and after her husband’s 1968 assassination. With telling details, Duncan describes the likely sources of Coretta Scott King’s fortitude: her remarkable parents, her religious faith and a willingness to defend herself. Coretta’s mother advised her two daughters to “get an education and try to be somebody,” and the book’s first half shows how Coretta became somebody in Alabama, Ohio and Boston.

Persons: It’s, Martin Luther King’s, John Lewis, ”, Lewis, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr, Alice Faye Duncan, Gregory Christie, Calkins, Duncan, Coretta Scott King’s, Coretta’s, “, Coretta Organizations: Astra Locations: Georgia, Alabama , Ohio, Boston

☆ Ukraine launched a barrage of attack drones at Crimea overnight, Russia says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia says Ukraine sent a wave of 41 drones over Crimea targets overnight on Monday. AdvertisementUkraine sent a wave of attack drones across Crimea overnight on Monday, Russian officials said, amid multiple unconfirmed reports of explosions on the peninsula. AdvertisementIn accounts cited across mainstream Ukrainian media, various prominent Telegram accounts reported explosions over eastern Crimea. The Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to the Crimean peninsula, is a prime target for Ukraine. Meanwhile, Crimean Wind also reported explosions being heard there, and said that a Pantsir-S1 antiaircraft missile system was fired from the oil depot.

Persons: —, Russia's, Ukrainska, Andriy Yusov, Yusov, It's, Baza Organizations: Service, Russian Ministry of Defence, MOD, Astra, Ukrainian Telegram, Ukrainska Pravda, Defense, Ukrainian Defense Forces, UK's Ministry of Defence, Russian Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Azov, Kerch, Ukrainian, Feodosia

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