Generative AI News - Google Bard and Other IO Announcements, Bing Chat, The White House, Wendy's, and More - Voicebot Podcast 322

The Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown for May 11, 2023, is here.
Special guest and Google Developer Expert (GDE) Allen Firstenberg
joined me to go in-depth on all the Google I/O stories. We
discuss Bard, extensions, conversational search, the PaLM and
Gemini models, and much more. We also review the “Google Has No
[generative AI] Moat” memo.


That is followed by a discussion of Wendy’s adoption of Google
PaLM for drive-thru order taking, Bing Chat going general
availability worldwide, the White House’s efforts around AI, and
a developer that created mini-Trip Advisor website targeting
families with children with 2370 activities in 237 cities, 2,600
images, and nearly 250,000 words. He did this in two days and
spent $53. The implications are significant.


I hope you enjoy the show. Don’t miss Allen’s commentary on these
items in the video. Given his role as a GDE and independent
ambassador for several Google technologies, he has particularly
interesting insights into Google’s moves, lack of progress on
many fronts, and unrecognized progress on others.




Bard Breakdown




Top Google I/O Announcements




Wendy’s Chooses Google PaLM for Drive-thru Automation




Google Has No Moat [READ THIS!]




Bing Chat Now Available to Everyone




The White House Brings in AI Leaders and Announces New
Research Labs




A Developer Shows How to Re-create Trip Advisor with ChatGPT
and DALL-E


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