Astra Is Google's ‘Multimodal’ Answer to the New ChatGPT
May 15, 2024
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Google's Astra and OpenAI's Chat GPT are pushing the boundaries of AI, with a focus on processing images and engaging in natural language conversations. The podcast discusses the evolution of multimodal AI models that can understand audio, images, and text, hinting at their potential impacts across various fields and future AI development.
Google's Astra combines audio, images, and text for enhanced user interactions, surpassing traditional text-based AI assistants.
Current AI models, focusing on language-centric learning, lack direct interaction with the physical world, highlighting challenges for future development.
Deep dives
Google Introduces Astro as a Multimodal AI Assistant
Google unveils Astro, a new multimodal AI assistant, as a response to OpenAI's chat GPT. Astro integrates audio, images, and text to interact with users through spoken commands and natural language conversations. Unlike text-based models, Astro can identify objects, scenes, and code, showcasing a more advanced and human-like interaction. Google's Astro and OpenAI's chat GPT mark a shift towards more sophisticated generative AI helpers.
Challenges and Future Outlook for Multimodal AI Models
While Google and OpenAI showcase impressive demos of their multimodal AI models, challenges remain in fully understanding the physical world. Brendan Lake from New York University points out that current AI models rely heavily on language-centric learning, lacking the direct interaction with the physical environment that humans experience. Future advancements in AI, like imbuing models with a deeper understanding of the world, could lead to progress in robotics and artificial general intelligence.
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Advancements in AI with Google's Astra and OpenAI's Chat GPT
Google’s new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT.