New Delhi: Tech Giant Google is working on a ‘supercharged’ Assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, like those that power Bard and ChatGPT.
“Since we launched Assistant seven years ago, we’ve built great experiences for the hundreds of millions of people who use it monthly. And we’ve heard people’s strong desire for assistive, conversational technology that can improve their lives,” the tech giant said in an email sent to employees.
“We’ve also seen the profound potential of generative AI to transform people’s lives and see a huge opportunity to explore what a supercharged Assistant, powered by the latest LLM technology, would look like,” it added.
According to the reports, some team members have already started working on this, beginning with mobile.
According to the email, the company is also “eliminating a small number of roles within the team”.
“We have already let these teammates know, and we will provide dedicated support to help them through this transition,” the company said.
“Everyone impacted will have a minimum of 60-day internal search period, based on local requirements. These have been tough decisions, so please support teammates processing this news.”
Though, it is unclear how many employees are affected by the layoff.
It was reported last month that the tech giant was working on a feature allowing users to use Google Assistant to summarise web pages.
The company introduced two new voices, Lime and Indigo, in June for its virtual assistant software application.
“We added two new styles to our collection of US English voices, designed to bring more diversity to your current options,” the company added.
To find the new voices, users have to say, “Hey, Google, change your voice.”
