Google has introduced the next wave of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation across core areas of its business. Developers and businesses can now try new APIs and products that make it easy, safe and scalable to start building with Google’s best AI models. They can do so through Google Cloud and a new prototyping environment called MakerSuite. In Google Workspace, the company is introducing new features that help users harness generative AI to create, connect and collaborate.
“Breakthroughs in generative AI are fundamentally changing how people interact with technology. At Google, we’ve been responsibly developing large language models so we can safely bring them to our products,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud. “Our goal is to continue to be bold and responsible in our approach and partner with others to improve our AI models so they’re safe and helpful for everyone. We’re excited by the potential of generative AI and the opportunities it will unlock—from helping people express themselves creatively, to helping developers build brand new types of applications, to transforming how businesses and governments engage their customers and constituents.”
An Approachable Way to Explore and Prototype with Generative AI Applications
For developers looking to build next-generation applications with generative AI, Google is introducing PaLM application programming interface (API). It is a new offering that makes it easy and safe to experiment with Google’s best large language models. Today, Google is making an efficient model available in terms of size and capabilities. Other sizes will be added soon.
The API also comes with an intuitive tool called MakerSuite, which lets developers quickly prototype ideas. Over time, it will have features for prompt engineering, synthetic data generation and custom-model tuning. These will all be supported by robust safety tools.
Bringing Generative AI Capabilities to Google Cloud
Google is bringing new generative AI capabilities to its Google Cloud AI portfolio. This will help developers and organisations access enterprise-level safety, security and privacy. It can also integrate with their existing Google Cloud solutions. These include:
- Generative AI support in Vertex AI. Developers already use Google Cloud’s Vertex AI to build and deploy Machine Learning (ML) models and AI applications at scale. Now, Google Cloud is announcing Generative AI support in Vertex AI. It offers the simplest way for data science teams to take advantage of foundation models like PaLM in a way that provides them with the most choice and control. Generative AI support in Vertex AI will initially provide foundation models for generating text and images. Over time, it will also provide audio and video.
- Generative AI App Builder: Businesses and governments also want to build their own AI-powered chat interfaces and digital assistants. To enable this, Google Cloud is introducing Generative AI App Builder. It provides the fastest way for developers to create generative AI applications such as bots with limited technical expertise required.
Building the Most Open and Innovative AI ecosystem
In addition to announcing new AI innovations, Google Cloud is committed to being the most open cloud provider. The company is bringing infrastructure, AI products and foundation models to partners at every layer of the AI stack. This includes chipmakers, companies building foundation models and app builders helping enterprise customers implement all of this technology at scale.
Google Cloud is also launching Built with Google Cloud AI. It is a new initiative that helps independent software vendor (ISV) partners build applications using Google Cloud AI services. The initiative provides dedicated access to Google Cloud expertise, training and co-marketing support.
To enable more AI-first startups, Google Cloud is also expanding the Google for Startups Cloud Program. The program will offer exclusive benefits for AI startups.
New Generative AI Features in Google Workspace
More than three billion users are already benefiting from AI-powered features in Google Workspace. Now, Google has unveiled its vision for how Google Workspace is evolving to incorporate AI as a collaborative partner. This partner is always there to help individuals achieve their goals, across Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet and Chat.
As a start, Google is embedding generative AI in Docs and Gmail to help people get started writing. Google will be bringing these new generative AI experiences in Google Workspace to trusted testers first. They will be made available publicly soon.
“Generative AI is an emerging and rapidly evolving technology with complex challenges. That’s why we invite external and internal testers to pressure test new experiences, and why we have AI Principles to guide this work. These principles also serve as an ongoing commitment to our customers worldwide who rely on our products to build and grow their businesses safely with AI,” added Kurian.
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