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Posted by Amirkeivan Mohtashami, Research Intern, and Florian Hartmann, Software Engineer, Google Research Large language models (L

Posted by Omar Benjelloun, Software Engineer, Google Research, and Peter Mattson, Software Engineer, Google Core ML and President, MLCommons Association <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09uSTHgWmPgOkD9W1nZZj5i8uW_-pgxm-T1O5PSacF-EKvHIeIwhMr7Rgft7O3A2Rk94GWe8WboO3dUlxrqt1xz9x4I2aMKJxCUtUkR2eukbsIa8xVyAAN_LJJyMABxRqJuktFkyfhoWPDMQK3O-XgbQNJXzAILlWl3su0fd-Q_uZ-8r5r_uAU2P4srnP/s1600/CroissantHero.png" style="disp

We just tagged the first public v4.0.0-alpha so you can start experimenting with it and help us get to a stable release later this year.

'Vec2text' can serve as a solution for accurately reverting embeddings back into text, thus highlighting the urgent need for revisiting security protocols around embedded data.

Posted by Kate Weber and Shannon Leon, Google Research, Quantum AI Team Today the <a href="https:/

By Silvia Podesta In February 2024, Fast Company [1] reported on the rise of conversational AI search engines. Large language models (LLM) power these tools, which can answer users’ questions by retrieving and summarizing information from the Internet. Since the rise of generative AI, several conversational AI search applications have cropped up online. Academic and scientific research is spearheading a wave of experimentation in this field. [2] Frenzied enthusiasm exists around what seems to be

By Magnus Eriksen In the span of just a few years, mobile devices have gone from being useful gadgets to essential lifelines. They seamlessly bridge the gap between the physical and digital realms, making information and services readily accessible to their users at all times. And yet, our appreciation of this convenience often overlooks a crucial aspect of the user experience: mobile accessibility. It’s vital to understand that designing for mobile isn’t just about aesthetics or functionality;

By Jonathan Walter and Amber Westlund In Part 1 of this series, we defined inclusive design and acknowledged its ever-growing impact, including on industrial automation. We then described inclusive design challenges in industrial automation and previewed how we solve them. Now, in Part 2, we’ll delve more deeply into a few of these design solutions, focusing on the following efforts: considering diverse human factors in designing hardware evolving our terminology to be more inclusive weaving acc

By Danika Kimball In the world of ecommerce, creating a seamless, highly engaging user experience is paramount. One thing that can significantly enhance the user experience is user-generated content (UGC). UGC encompasses a wide range of content, including customer reviews, photos, videos, and social-media interactions, all of which can transform the way users interact with an online store. In this article, I’ll explore how ecommerce companies can harness UGC to create more captivating and trust

By Pratik Joglekar Creating a collaborative, inclusive atmosphere on a Design team is essential to promoting psychological safety and the mental well-being of all team members. This requires fostering open communication and mutual respect, while developing a harmonious, supportive ambiance that encourages creativity and originality. Cultivating a safe space in which colleagues can freely share their ideas and perspectives and take risks requires offering constructive criticism in a nonjudgmental

In this episode of ‘This Week in NoCode‘, hosts J.J. Englert and David Pal delve into a comprehensive discussion on the future of AI, humanity’s ethical and cultural challenges, and the impact of technology on our society with guest Nikola Danaylov, a futurist, strategic advisor, and host of the Singularity FM podcast. Nikola, also known […]

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I offer a single bit of advice to friends and family when they become new parents: When you start to think that you’ve got everything figured out, everything will change. Just as you start to get the hang of feedings, diapers, and regular naps, it’s time for solid food, potty training, and overnight sleeping. When you figure those out, it’s time for preschool and rare naps. The cycle goes on and on. The same applies for those of us working in design and development these days. Having worked on t

Learn how eBay is deploying AI at scale to unlock employee productivity.

Hear from eBay's Chief AI Officer on a recent episode of the Bloomberg Intelligence podcast 'Tech Disruptors.'

(Above: No, it doesn’t really look like this — and yes it’s mostly office parks and tech billboards. But I like to pretend) You’ll never regret spending time in SF If you work in tech, you’ll never regret spending 3-5 years in the Bay Area. This is advice I’ve been giving to people for years, and […]

Build a movie-viewing app that recommends another movie based on what the user is viewing using OpenAI, Flutter and Supabase.

Have you ever trained a model you thought was good, but then it failed miserably when applied to real world data? If so, you’re in good company.

Posted by Long Zhao, Senior Research Scientist, and Ting Liu, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Research An astoundin

Posted by Zheng Xu, Research Scientist, and Yanxiang Zhang, Software Engineer, Google Language models (LMs) trained t

Signal’s mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information (like your name and profile photo) private, your contacts private, and your groups private – among much else. Now we’re taking that one step further, by making your phone number

Provalis Research is pleased to announce the release of WordStat 2024. This new version implement an important speed improvement on the initial text processing. On large numbers of small documents, it can up to 3 times faster than before. WordStat 2024 also offers several new features such as: A new data transformation feature using WordStat […]

If I ask myself a question like "I'd like to buy an SD card; who do I trust to sell me a real SD card and not some fake, Amazon or my local Best Buy?", of course the answer is that I trust my local Best Buy 1 more than Amazon, which is notorious for selling counterfeit SD cards. And if I ask who do I trust more, my local reputable electronics shop (Memory Express, B&H Photo, etc.), I trust my local reputable electr

In React Labs posts, we write about projects in active research and development. We’ve made significant progress since our last update, and we’d like to share our progress.

Posted by Nishant Jain, Pre-doctoral Researcher, and Pradeep Shenoy, Research Scientist, Google Research The const

Posted by Mónica Ribero Díaz, Research Scientist, Google Research

Use Adaptive Retrieval to improve query performance with OpenAI's new embedding models

The “Dinner Party Jerk” test is a solution to a common problem: Startups often struggle at pitching their team, even though for the earliest stage companies, it’s incredibly important to do it well to raise capital — as I’ve described it below: Pre-seed- Bet on the team ‍ Seed- Bet on the product Series A- […]

eBay's Lauren Wilcox named 2023 ACM Distinguished Member for contributions to responsible AI and human-centered computing.

In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility , I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it. In fact, I’m very skeptical of AI myself, despite my role at Microsoft as an accessibility innovation strategist who helps run the AI for Accessibility grant program. As with any tool, AI can be used in very constructive, inclusive, and accessible ways; and it can also be used in destructive,

On large platforms, it's impossible to have policies on things like moderation, spam, fraud, and sexual content that people agree on. David Turner made a simple game to illustrate how difficult this is even in a trivial case, No Vehicles in the Park . If you haven't played it yet, I recommend playing it now before continuing to read this document. The idea behind the site is that it's very difficult to get people to agree on what moderation

Posted by Dustin Zelle, Software Engineer, Google Research, and Arno Eigenwillig, Software Engineer, CoreML Objects and their

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. It’s almost done. Now a big question emerges — how do you get the first people to use your product? Hmm… If you find […]

Every time you ask the user click you lose half of them. (And this why tutorials, splash screens, and lengthy signup flows are a bad idea) If you’ve been building apps for a long time and have seen the results of a lot of A/B tests, you quickly realize that people are a flighty bunch. […]

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Rajat Sen and Yichen Zhou, Google Research</span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLAVI4q3e6yNyTPTCFiLZVQfFm71GOX1TosHg_Sb8M6tVSO1hyphenhyphenZccOlufnqSuXP1rVWHmqHcely6fgW1vex4JdxenniJcaJ7TOomZolUFut8RUdxnOFZDrbt0hrIHkcrK7rl6cq5-kUuWGrOYqIirPAKtnf4vMDauPX4lFAz2PQjiqzqHxMna7eja9gOF/s320/hero.jpg" style="display: none;" /> <p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_series">Time-series</a> forecasting is ubiquitous in

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Rishabh Tiwari, Pre-doctoral Researcher, and Pradeep Shenoy, Research Scientist, Google Research</span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBd5rMRA2U1nd8fetuEweTgmHncn49ASMQtPlm6dfsr5V29RwsoUR8UtK4B7oSE1eiIdW-vD-gjCUK4tGZTbsY4XdO0adL2YtAjpgbF1S3mL_Jw3f31SwLKYUtCOLJ807gdXdRmD5iVsrtc_Ii-BiqQacv89vbtRbNAIINa9PhKAF_sDAZu09FLs4599T/s1600/SiFer%20Hero.png" style="display: none;" /> <p> Machine learning models in the real world ar

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Yang Zhao, Senior Software Engineer, and Tingbo Hou, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Core ML</span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOndf55Pc7tkXJektbVBEYRsOlxbUVui2uwOdXvuHj9cNpoNw2One4-68fqFNl2_fvv11CcgYfoI1XVQIkpjA9DosaOeqdkIRj9aZZJNoDy8KqB_XCVDtDd_EvT5UGL2ZhXvL2PU3RjN8XBjI0eQe8VIJCKI0-20AG0TKGK58mO9tBZa80P58KSjTU_liK/s1600/InstantTIGO%20hero.png" style="display: none;" /> <p> Text-to-image <a href="https://arxiv.org/a

Above: Many small business figured out the hard way why coupon sites generate worse users Incentive programs often don’t perform The people you attract with referral programs, free trials, coupons, and gamification — folks who are “incentivized” as a broad umbrella category — are usually MUCH WORSE than organic ones. Worse LTVs, worse conversion, less […]

I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all see themselves this way. Some creative people see science in what they do. That is their truth, and I respect it. Maybe I even envy them, a little. But my process is different—my being is different. Apologizing and qualifying in advance is a distraction. That’s what my brain does to sabotage me. I set it aside for now. I c