AI assistants are so back

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Google I/O and OpenAI's GPT4o event.

Further reading:

• Google and OpenAI race to build the feature of search
• OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users
• ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her
• ChatGPT is getting a Mac app
• OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free
• OpenAI’s “ChatGPT and GPT-4” Spring Update stream starts in 20 minutes
• OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leavingl
• Project Astra: the future of AI at Google is fast, multi-modal assistants like Gemini Live
• Google’s Gemini AI is getting a chatty new voice mode 
• Google will let you create personalized AI chatbots
• Google’s Gemini can build an entire vacation itinerary ‘in a matter of seconds’ 
• Google’s Circle to Search will help you with your math homework
• Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo
• We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
• Google I/O 2024: everything announced
• Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down 
• Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button
• Gemini is about to get better at understanding what's on your phone screen 
• Google is building Gemini Nano AI right into Chrome
• Google makes its AI way faster with Gemini Flash 
• Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
• Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor
• Android is getting an AI-powered scam call detection feature
• Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model
• Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video
• Google Photos is getting its own ‘Ask Photos’ assistant this summer
• Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
• We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
• Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs

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