Google Brings AI Features to New Phones

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Google’s latest Pixel phones include the company’s new artificial intelligence assistant Gemini Live and the AI photo editing tool AddMe. Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Devices Rick Osterloh, spoke with WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern about the new features. Plus, researchers are developing tech can that measure food consumption by the bite. Zoe Thomas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.2	Oh, you.
0:16.2	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:20.5	It's Wednesday, August 14th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:25.0	Researchers are using artificial intelligence to analyze food bite by bite.
0:31.0	We'll tell you how the tech works. And then Google is bringing its powerful
0:36.7	Tensor G4 chips to its latest Pixel phones giving users access to new AI features.
0:44.0	Our senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern spoke with Google's senior vice president of platforms and devices,
0:50.4	Rick Ostrelow, about the company's Gemini AI features for Pixel and Rice's
0:55.0	Rick Ostrelo about the company's Gemini AI features for Pixel and Android
0:56.0	and whether he thinks they'll attract users.
1:02.0	But first, keeping a food diary or using apps to log what you eat can help you keep track of your nutrition.
1:10.0	But these methods don't tell you exactly what makes it into your mouth.
1:14.0	Researchers in Canada at the University of Waterloo are working on a way to do that using AI.
1:20.0	Their work focuses on aging, as elderly people can suffer from malnutrition,
1:25.0	though the technology could find a broader audience.
1:28.0	Since 2020, consumers have spent nearly $1 billion on subscriptions to diet and nutrition apps, according to Sensor Tower, a market
1:35.8	intelligence company.
1:37.5	Our Science Bureau Chief Joe Craven McGinty joins us now with more.
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