A new AI model for the agentic era
A note from Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai: Information is at the core of human progress. It’s why we’ve focused for more than 26 years on our mission to organize the world’s information and make it accessible and useful. And it’s why we continue to push the frontiers of AI to organize that information […]
Nectar AI Review and Key Features
Key Insights: Nectar AI offers a highly customizable AI companion experience, allowing users to tailor their virtual partners’ appearance, personality, and backstory. The platform excels in interactive roleplay scenarios, providing immersive and engaging conversations that adapt to user inputs. Nectar AI features advanced image and video generation capabilities, enabling users to create high-quality visuals of […]
The Visual Haystacks Benchmark! – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
Humans excel at processing vast arrays of visual information, a skill that is crucial for achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Over the decades, AI researchers have developed Visual Question Answering (VQA) systems to interpret scenes within single images and answer related questions. While recent advancements in foundation models have significantly closed the gap between human […]
Attractors in Neural Network Circuits: Beauty and Chaos
The state space of the first two neuron activations over time follows an attractor. What is one thing in common between memories, oscillating chemical reactions and double pendulums? All these systems have a basin of attraction for possible states, like a magnet that draws the system towards certain trajectories. Complex systems with multiple inputs usually […]
Our newest Gemini model with thinking
Today we’re introducing Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent AI model. Our first 2.5 release is an experimental version of 2.5 Pro, which is state-of-the-art on a wide range of benchmarks and debuts at #1 on LMArena by a significant margin. Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before responding, resulting […]
Dream Companion Review and Features
Key Insights: Immersive AI Companionship: Dream Companion offers users the ability to create personalized AI partners, facilitating lifelike interactions and role-playing scenarios. Advanced Image Generation: The platform boasts sophisticated image creation capabilities, allowing users to visualize their AI companions in various settings and styles. What is Dream Companion? Dream Companion is an AI-driven platform designed […]
Virtual Personas for Language Models via an Anthology of Backstories – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
We introduce Anthology, a method for conditioning LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse virtual personas by generating and utilizing naturalistic backstories with rich details of individual values and experience. What does it mean for large language models (LLMs) to be trained on massive text corpora, collectively produced by millions and billions of distinctive human authors? […]
Least Squares: Where Convenience Meets Optimality
0. Least Squares is used almost everywhere when it comes to numerical optimization and regression tasks in machine learning. It aims at minimizing the Mean Squared Error (MSE) of a given model. Both L1 (sum of absolute values) and L2 (sum of squares) norms offer an intuitive way to sum signed errors while preventing them […]
Updates to Veo, Imagen and VideoFX, plus introducing Whisk in Google Labs
While video models often “hallucinate” unwanted details — extra fingers or unexpected objects, for example — Veo 2 produces these less frequently, making outputs more realistic. Our commitment to safety and responsible development has guided Veo 2. We have been intentionally measured in growing Veo’s availability, so we can help identify, understand and improve the […]
How AI is Revolutionizing Video Content Creation
How AI is Revolutionizing Video Content Creation Introduction The world of video content creation has been evolving at a rapid pace, especially with the rise of digital media platforms. Whether it’s a YouTube vlog, a promotional video, or even corporate training materials, video content is everywhere. As the demand for high-quality videos grows, creators are […]