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Google I/O: 8 Huge AI, Workspace, Bard, Google Cloud Launches
Mark Haranas
From the launch of Duet AI for both Google Workspace and Google Cloud, to huge improvements to Vertex AI and Google Bard, CRN breaks down the eight most important launches at Google I/O 2023.

Google is diving deeper into artificial intelligence and generative AI than ever before with the launch of a slew of new AI capabilities and software for its most popular offerings including Google Workspace and Google Cloud.
At Google I/O 2023, CEO Sundar Pichai (pictured) spoke extensively about his company’s goal of becoming the market leader in AI and generative AI as the company unveiled new products and capabilities.
“Seven years into our journey as an AI-first company, we’re at an exciting inflection point,” said Sundar Pichai during his keynote speech at Google I/O. “We have an opportunity to make AI even more helpful for people, for businesses, for communities, for everyone. We’ve been applying AI to make our products radically more helpful for a while. With generative AI, we’re taking the next step.”
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The $280 billion Mountain View, Calif.-based technology giant is investing heavily in injecting AI across its entire massive portfolio of cloud computing, collaboration and consumer offerings. Additionally, Google is providing developers new tools and capabilities to help them innovate.
“The shift with AI is as big as they come and that’s why it’s so important that we make AI helpful for everyone,” said Pichai. “No one company can do this alone. Our developer community will be key to unlocking the enormous opportunities ahead. We look forward to working together and building together.”
From the launch of Duet AI for both Google Workspace and Google Cloud, to significant improvements to Vertex AI and Google Bard, CRN breaks down the eight most important news and launches at Google I/O 2023. These include:
*Duet AI For Google Workspace
*PaLM 2
*New Bard Capabilities
*Vertex AI New Foundation Models
*Google A3 Supercomputers With Nvidia H100 GPUs
*Vertex AI Embedded APIs
*Duet AI For Google Cloud
*Vertex AI RLHF