[New] Google presents a new way to search

[Mr.Daniel]

Google on Thursday announced two new artificial intelligence tools that it says will make searching for things online "radically more useful."

Mobile users who access Google on some Android phones will soon be able to circle or highlight items on their smartphone screen to reveal more information, and ask complicated or nuanced questions about an image or text.

Since last year, the company has been quietly testing these tools to see how generative AI, the technology behind viral chatbots like ChatGPT, can make searches more personalized and intuitive.

The features were unveiled during Samsung's Unpacked event earlier this week and will come to the Galaxy S24 range of smartphones launching later this month. They will also launch on a handful of other high-end Android smartphones, including the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, starting January 3.

Samsung is betting heavily on artificial intelligence in its Galaxy S24 line
The first feature, called Circle to Search, allows Android users to circle, tap, highlight or scribble on images, videos or text to get more information about what they see.

In addition, starting Thursday, users will be able to point their mobile camera (or upload a photo or screenshot) and ask a question through the Google application to obtain information. Google gave the example of finding an unknown board game at a garage sale and asking the tool how to play.

Over the years, Google has introduced changes to search, such as the ability to perform voice searches or its Lens tool, which uses image recognition technology through smartphone cameras to learn more about the world around them.

Google's commitment to artificial intelligence highlights the momentum that the technology sector is experiencing in the race of large companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and others to implement similar technologies.

"We've only scratched the surface of what's possible," the company says in a press release.

 

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