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Google's AI Mode update enhances image search by allowing users to describe what they're looking for in a conversational manner, refine results with follow-up requests, and upload reference images, making online shopping and visual exploration more intuitive and natural. The feature is rolling out in English to US users and builds on Google's existing visual search technologies.
Google Photos offers several tricks for searching and organizing your photos. Users can search for images by location, date, faces, colors, text, camera model, descriptive phrases, and combine search terms for more refined results. The service leverages Google's search engine and machine learning algorithms to provide relevant and accurate search results. These features can help users easily find and access their favorite memories stored in their Google Photos account.
OpenAI is expanding the capabilities of its popular generative AI assistant, ChatGPT, by introducing voice and image-based features. Users will now be able to have voice conversations with the chatbot, asking questions or requesting it to generate stories. Additionally, ChatGPT will support image search, allowing users to upload pictures and ask for explanations or instructions. The voice feature is powered by a new text-to-speech model, and OpenAI has collaborated with voice actors to create five different voices. The new features will be rolled out to paying subscribers in the next two weeks.
Brave Software, the maker of the Brave web browser, has launched its own image and video search engine, ending its reliance on Bing. Brave Search, available on the web and through the Brave browser, will now serve image and video results from its own index. The move is part of Brave's commitment to privacy and independence, differentiating itself from other search engines that repackage Google and Bing. Brave aims to provide users with a private and anonymous search experience, allowing them to discover content without their search engine reporting and profiling the results to a Big Tech company.
Microsoft has introduced a new update to its Bing Chat AI chatbot, allowing users to search using images. Users can now upload or take a photo and ask for more information about it through Bing Chat. This move comes as tech giants like Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic compete in the AI arms race, launching new features to keep up with text-based and image-heavy chatbot competitors. While image search is now part of the user experience for chatbots, none of the leading text-based chatbots can generate their own images yet. Google has also recently introduced an image search feature for its Bard chatbot, and Microsoft's decision to allow images for Bing Chat follows suit.
Google is introducing a new tool called "About this image" for English-language searches in the US, which will help users identify AI-generated fakes. The tool will show when the picture was first indexed by Google, where it first appeared, and which sites it has appeared on since. Google's generative AI tools will also include metadata with each picture to indicate it's an AI-created image. Other creators and publishers will be able to label their images using the same tech.
Google is adding an "about this image" option to its image search function, providing users with information about when the image was first indexed, where it has appeared online, and whether it has been fact-checked. The feature will help users identify AI-generated or manipulated images. The tool does not currently detect image manipulation, but Google is researching ways to do so. The feature will launch in the US in the coming months and will include a markup in the original file to add context about its creation wherever it's used.