"Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro: Enhanced Hearing and Vertex AI Support"

Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro has been updated to include audio processing capabilities, allowing it to analyze audio files without the need for written transcripts. The model will be available to the public through Google's Vertex AI platform and outperforms the larger Gemini Ultra model. Additionally, Imagen 2, a text-to-image generation model, will introduce new features such as inpainting and outpainting, along with digital watermarking. Google is also previewing a feature to ground AI responses with up-to-date information from Google Search.