Astra, Google and AI

Gemini 2.0 and Project Astra Make Google's AI Your Know-It-All Assistant
Project Astra, which was shown off at Google I/O earlier this year, is a major leap in Google's AI research from its DeepMind team in London. Like the video from earlier this year
How Google's Project Astra gives an AI agent eyes
Google is showing off an updated version of Project Astra, the all-seeing, all-hearing and all-remembering experimental AI assistant it showed a glimpse of earlier this year. Why it matters: Astra offers a preview for some of the ways future AI assistants will help navigate the physical world.
Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
Google just launched a ton of new products—including Gemini 2.0, which could power a new world of agents. And we got a first look.
See what Google’s Project Astra AR glasses can do (for a select few beta testers)
Google has released a prototype of Project Astra’s AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google’s long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities.
Google’s Project Astra: The Next Big Leap in Generative AI
Google DeepMind’s Project Astra, unveiled during a live demo in London, is turning heads in the race to make generative AI a mass-market reality. Built on the p
Here’s How You Can Try Google’s Project Astra (Kind of)
Google has quietly launched Stream Realtime on AI Studio which works very similar to Project Astra. You can share your live camera and talk to Gemini 2.0.
Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day, but it won’t be today
Google is slowly peeling back the curtain on its vision to, one day, sell you glasses with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. The company's
New Google smart glasses may actually be happening
Google’s history with smart glasses hasn’t exactly been the beacon of successful tech innovations, but that could change with a new pair of smart glasses powered by Google’s Project Astra. If you’re unfamiliar with Project Astra,
Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’
Project Astra, Google’s prototype AI “universal agent,” responded smoothly. “The Sunday Afternoon artwork was discussed ...
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AI Agents with More Autonomy Than Chatbots Are Coming. Some Safety Experts Are Worried
Systems that operate on behalf of people or corporations are the latest product from the AI boom, but these “agents” may ...
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AI’s emissions are about to skyrocket even further
Data center emissions have tripled since 2018. As more complex AI models like OpenAI’s Sora see broad release, those figures ...
Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the generative AI models
Wondering what all the fuss is about Gemini, Google's next-gen generative AI model family? Here's a handy roundup to get you ...
Google launches Gemini 2.0, its latest AI model that can 'think multiple steps ahead'
Google says its new generation of AI models can understand more of the world and take action on your behalf.
Project Astra: Google's faster AI assistant has eyes, ears and memory
Combined with Gemini 2.0, Project Astra enables a universal, multimodal AI assistant for smartphones and smartglasses, but so far only on a trial basis.
Google Blends Its AI With XR To Build The Android XR Spatial OS
Android XR reflects Google's comprehensive approach to XR and delivers what the industry has needed for a long time: a ...
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, the next generation of its AI-model family, starting with an experimental release called Gemini 2.0 Flash. The model family can generate text, images, and speech while ...