How Google’s AI model Gemini got its name

Gemini got its first mention at I/O in 2023, when we briefly shared our first natively multimodal model was in training and already showing impressive capabilities. One year later, we’ve brought Gemini models to Search, Ads, Workspace, Pixel and more, including some of the biggest innovations we shared on the I/O stage yesterday.As Gemini continues…

100 things we announced at I/O 2024

5. We shared Project Astra: our vision for the future of AI assistants.6. We announced Trillium, the sixth generation of our custom AI accelerator, the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU). It is the most performant TPU to date.7. Compared to TPU v5e, Trillium TPUs achieve a 4.7x increase in peak compute performance per chip.8. They’re also…

Strengthening democracy in Europe

This week, I went to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit to recommit Google’s support to the cause of strengthening democracy. It was only two years since our last trip to the Summit, during a moment of uncertainty and crisis in Europe. This year, it was clear from the discussions that the stakes are even higher.Today, state-sponsored…

New ways to unlock revenue with first-party data

Another solution to help you unlock the value of first-party data is app analytics connection. It links your first-party analytics data like user activity and purchase events to publisher first-party ID to further enhance ad personalization. App analytics connection is fully integrated with Google Analytics for Firebase.Publishers who have been testing these first-party data solutions…

Bringing Gemini to Google Workspace for Education

At Google for Education, we believe AI has the potential to help students, educators and education communities save time, create captivating learning experiences, inspire creativity and learn with confidence.Today, designed together with education experts and institutions, we’re bringing Gemini for Google Workspace to education users 18 years and older with two new paid add-ons, introducing…