Google IO To Feature AI Updates, Showing Off PaLM 2 LLM

At its annual Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday, Google is planning to announce a number of generative AI updates, including launching a general-use large language model (LLM) called PaLM 2. CNBC reports: According to internal documents about Google I/O viewed by CNBC, the company will unveil PaLM 2, its most recent and advanced LLM. PaLM 2 includes more than 100 languages and has been operating under the internal codename "Unified Language Model." It's also performed a broad range of coding and math tests as well as creative writing tests and analysis. At the event, Google will make announcements on the theme of how AI is "helping people reach their full potential," including "generative experiences" to Bard and Search, the documents show. Pichai will be speaking to a live crowd of developers as he pitches his company's AI advancements.

Google first announced the PaLM language model in April of 2022. In March of this year, the company launched an API for PaLM alongside a number of AI enterprise tools it says will help businesses "generate text, images, code, videos, audio, and more from simple natural language prompts." Last month, Google said its medical LLM called "Med-PaLM 2" can answer medical exam questions at an "expert doctor level" and is accurate 85% of the time.

"Showing off" and "announcing" is not "releasing"

[ffkom]

Google can "announce" or "show off" stuff as much as they like - the hype dial on LLMs was turned to 11 only by making those models accessible to millions of users, and Google won't get any significant share of that hype without releasing anything for public use.

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[timeOday]

It's pretty hard for me to imagine them not succeeding at this though. They have the in-house talent, they have the compute, and they have dominance in most of the applications (search, Assistant) that would most benefit. Search and ad placement have been the largest applications for ML/AI for the last 20 years, so it's not like this is a substantial leap, like desktop to mobile was for Microsoft.

And it's new flight AI...

[Excelcia]

Last month, Google said its medical LLM called "Med-PaLM 2" can answer medical exam questions...

...while it's new flight AI system, called PaLM PiLOT, can answer questions about how to crash and burn definitively.

Beta on how long until they cancel it?

[iAmWaySmarterThanYou]

I give it about 2 years then there will be a short announcement on some obscure web page about the coming shut down.

Re:Bets on how long until they cancel it?

[iAmWaySmarterThanYou]

Bets not beta.

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[afaiktoit]

kind of right, it stays in beta till they cancel it

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[sg_oneill]

You know if this stuff ever does get self-aware and decides to go all terminator on us, it'll be because one of googles AIs finally laid its eyes on googles deprecation schedule.

Waiting for the Palm 3

[greytree]

with 2MB storage and a 160x160 screen.

UML vs ULM?

[Hodr]

At least they changed the name, that internal name was suspect. Sure, no way naming something Universal Language Model (ULM) could be confusing when used along side the Universal Modeling Language (UML).