Forbes just launched Adelaide, a generative AI search tool powered by Google Cloud's Vertex AI. Built exclusively on the publisher's articles from the past 12 months, it generates conversational answers and personalized recommendations without hallucinating from the wider web. A beta is now live for select visitors.
Google just promised to defend Cloud and Workspace customers against intellectual property lawsuits. The "two-pronged" indemnity covers both copyrighted training data and generated outputs across tools like Vertex AI and Duet AI. Why it matters: Enterprise users get peace of mind, though Google warned it won’t shield anyone intentionally generating infringing work.
Google just launched Google-Extended, a tool that lets publishers block their content from training AI models like Bard and Vertex AI while staying visible in Google Search. By adding a simple tag to robots.txt, site owners no longer have to choose between keeping their search traffic or watching their work get scraped for AI models.
Google just dropped a massive update to Vertex AI at its Cloud Next conference. PaLM 2 gets a 32k-token context window alongside quality boosts to Imagen and Codey, while third-party heavyweights like Claude 2 and Llama 2 join its Model Garden. With new extensions and enterprise search tools, Google is making a direct bid to outflank AWS Bedrock.
Google just launched the beta version of SynthID, an imperceptible watermarking tool developed with DeepMind to spot synthetic images generated by Imagen. Instead of altering image quality, it embeds digital markers directly into pixel data that survive filters and compression. It's rolling out first to select Vertex AI customers.
Google Cloud just rolled out four new AI tools for retailers, headlined by a shelf-checking system built on Vertex AI. It uses feeds from store cameras, employee phones, or roaming robots to spot out-of-stock items in real time, saving workers from manual inventory checks while boosting digital storefronts with automated product ordering.
