Editor’s note: Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. We’re also sharing how we’re making education more accessible and launching a new Android accessibility feature.Over the past nine years, my job has focused on building accessible products and...
A closer look at the research to help AI see more skin tones
Together, the team and Dr. Monk surveyed thousands of adults in the United States to learn if people felt more represented by the MST Scale compared to other scales that have been used in both the machine learning and beauty industries. “Across the board,...
Immersive view coming soon to Maps — plus more updates
Google Maps helps over one billion people navigate and explore. And over the past few years, our investments in AI have supercharged the ability to bring you the most helpful information about the real world, including when a business is open and how crowded...
Understanding the world through language
While language is a remarkably powerful and versatile tool for understanding the world around us, we also know it comes with its limitations and challenges. In 2018, we published our AI Principles as guidelines to help us avoid bias, test rigorously for safety,...
Google Translate learns 24 new languages
For years, Google Translate has helped break down language barriers and connect communities all over the world. And we want to make this possible for even more people — especially those whose languages aren’t represented in most technology. So today we’ve added...
Google I/O 2022: Advancing knowledge and computing
We're continually working to advance our conversational capabilities. Conversation and natural language processing are powerful ways to make computers more accessible to everyone. And large language models are key to this.Last year, we introduced LaMDA, our...
Improving skin tone representation across Google
Using the Monk Skin Tone Scale to improve Google productsUpdating our approach to skin tone can help us better understand representation in imagery, as well as evaluate whether a product or feature works well across a range of skin tones. This is especially...
Investing in Eastern Europe’s AI future
It was an honor and a privilege to attend a special event in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, today to launch INSAIT, the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology. INSAIT is a new AI and computer science research institute that will...
How AI and imagery build a self-updating map
So what’s next? Our algorithms analyze the business hours of other nearby lemonade shops, information from Liam’s website, and Street View images of Liam’s storefront that look specifically for business hour signs to determine the most accurate business hour...
Go with the flow state: What music and AI have in common
Carrie Cai, Ben Zevenbergen and Johnny Soraker all work on developing artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly at Google, in the larger research community and across the technology industry. Carrie is a research scientist focusing on human-AI interaction, Ben...
“Lift as you lead”: Meet 2 women defining responsible AI
At Google, Marian Croak’s technical research team, The Center for Responsible AI and Human-Centered Technology, and Jen Gennai’s operations and governance team, Responsible Innovation, collaborate often on creating a fairer future for AI systems.The teams...
The Check Up: our latest health AI developments
Smartphone cameras’ potential to protect cardiovascular health and preserve eyesightOne of our earliest Health AI projects, ARDA, aims to help address screenings for diabetic retinopathy — a complication of diabetes that, if undiagnosed and untreated, can cause...