People of AI Conversation with Bibo Xu: How agent conversations are evolving with Google AI
Oct 16, 2025
Bibo Xu, a Product Manager at Google DeepMind, leads innovative projects in multimodal AI. In this conversation, she reveals the evolution of Google AI from basic commands to complex dialogues that recognize tone and emotion. Bibo discusses the exciting development of Project Astra, a universal assistant integrating vision and audio capabilities. She also addresses the significance of low latency in communication, user expectations of conversational agency, and the ethical considerations of creating human-like AI interactions.
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Prototype Became A New Product
- Bibo describes how Google Home began as a tablet glued to a tray with a far-field mic array prototype.
- She brought it home and immediately began using it constantly, revealing a new product category.
LLMs Unlock Fluid Dialogue
- LLMs enable free-flowing, human-level dialogue unlike brittle command systems.
- This shift transforms assistants from form-fillers into conversational partners.
Prioritize Expressive Audio Modeling
- Build expressive audio and model tone because how something is said matters as much as content.
- Train models to handle back-channeling, inflection, and emotion for natural conversation.