Google has announced that it is adding artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Meta Platforms Inc. and Anthropic to its cloud platform, expanding its product offerings. The move aims to integrate more generative AI into Google’s products and position the company as a comprehensive solution for cloud customers looking to leverage AI technology.
Under this expansion, Google’s cloud clients will have access to Meta’s Llama 2 large language model and Anthropic’s Claude 2 chatbot. These tools can be tailored with enterprise data to create custom applications and services. Google’s goal is to give customers the freedom to choose an AI model that best fits their needs from its own offerings or those of its partners. The company now offers over 100 powerful AI models and tools to its Google Cloud clients.
In addition to these new AI tools, Google also announced the wider availability of its Duet AI product for customers of its Workspace productivity suite. This AI helper responds to prompts to help users create content on apps such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Duet AI can take notes during video calls, send meeting summaries, translate captions in 18 languages, and even join meetings on behalf of users through a feature called attend for me. Google has also formed partnerships with companies like GE Appliances and Fox Sports to allow customers to leverage AI technology in various applications.
By adding these AI tools and expanding its partnerships, Google is signaling its willingness to collaborate with other companies in the field of artificial intelligence. Although Google currently trails behind Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the cloud computing market, the company believes that the new additions to its cloud catalog provide the widest selection of AI models to choose from.
These announcements also highlight improvements to Google’s own AI models and tools. PaLM 2, Google’s large language model, can now analyze longer documents in 38 languages. The company’s coding assistance AI model, Codey, has been enhanced for better performance. Additionally, Google’s text-to-image app, Imagen, now offers better-quality images and improved capabilities for aligning images with brand guidelines.
To address concerns about AI-generated content, Google Cloud has introduced a feature that embeds watermarks in images to indicate that they have been created using artificial intelligence. The watermark is applied at the pixel level, making it difficult to alter.
Google emphasized its notable cloud customers and partners, stating that more than half of venture-backed generative AI startups use its cloud computing platform. The company’s industry-specific AI models, such as Med-PaLM 2 for medical settings and Sec-PaLM 2 for cybersecurity, have gained partnerships with healthcare and cybersecurity companies.
The Google Cloud unit also unveiled a commercial service based on Ampere Computing‘s new AmpereOne chip. This move bolsters Ampere’s claim that it can rival major chipmakers Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., offering more power-efficient chips for high-throughput computing in data centers.
Overall, Google’s expansion of AI tools and partnerships demonstrates its commitment to advancing AI technology and its efforts to gain market share in the cloud computing industry. With a wide range of AI models and improvements to its own offerings, Google aims to cater to the diverse needs of its customers and provide innovative solutions for various industries.
