{"id":281165,"date":"2024-05-15T07:37:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332417"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:30:11","slug":"the-new-thing-from-google-in-ai-is-project-astra-a-virtual-assistant-that-will-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-new-thing-from-google-in-ai-is-project-astra-a-virtual-assistant-that-will-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"The new thing from Google in AI is Project Astra, a virtual assistant that will make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alphabet<\/strong>, the parent company of <strong>Google<\/strong>, presented on Tuesday at the annual developer conference <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/we-summarize-in-10-minutes-everything-google-announced-about-ai-at-its-i-o-2024-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Google I\/O<\/a><\/strong> an innovative artificial intelligence capable of <strong>instantly responding to video, audio, and text queries<\/strong>. With this major announcement, the tech giant aims to demonstrate its leadership in the field of AI and counter criticisms about its alleged lack of progress compared to its competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the conference, Google CEO <strong>Sundar Pichai<\/strong> unveiled this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-main-rumor-about-openai-a-new-multichannel-digital-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">new multimodal AI assistant<\/a>, called <strong>&#8220;Project Astra&#8221;<\/strong>, which <strong>is powered by an<\/strong> <strong>enhanced version of their Gemini model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Gemini\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dcc4d6af-b3e7-48ec-96e2-c65903f60bca\/907894193\/gemini-google-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Gemini<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini-google.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini-google.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Astra is one of the standout elements from Google&#8217;s recent wave of announcements where the company showcases its vision in the world of AI, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/openai-gives-three-big-news-today-at-its-conference-for-chatgpt-and-gpt-4-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recent product launches and updates from rival companies like OpenAI<\/a>, <strong>Meta<\/strong>, and <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>. In an impressive demonstration, Google&#8217;s assistant prototype responded to voice commands by interpreting what it sees through a phone camera or smart glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pichai <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEzRZ35urlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> Google&#8217;s plans to <strong>integrate Astra&#8217;s features into the Gemini app this year<\/strong>, as well as into all the company&#8217;s products, although he was cautious and prioritized quality over speed in launching it. <strong>Demis Hassabis<\/strong>, from <strong>DeepMind<\/strong>, wanted to highlight the technical complexity of achieving real-time conversational responses, emphasizing advances in spatial comprehension and video processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google Keynote (Google I\/O \u201824)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEzRZ35urlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google also introduced significant changes to its search engine, with an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-is-testing-artificial-intelligence-to-answer-internet-users-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8220;AI summary&#8221; at the top of many results<\/a><\/strong>, followed by links and ads. These changes, which aim to simplify searches and will expand worldwide this year, come at a time when <strong>OpenAI threatens Google&#8217;s dominance in search<\/strong> thanks to its chatbot <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong>, capable of providing quick and comprehensive answers, even through voice and video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To counter the threat of OpenAI, Google has unveiled new AI products such as <strong>Veo<\/strong> for generating video from text, <strong>Imagen 3<\/strong> for creating images, and <strong>Lyria<\/strong> for music. In addition, Gemini Advanced subscribers will be able to <strong>create custom chatbots called &#8220;Gems&#8221;<\/strong>, and the Gemini 1.5 Pro model has been updated with a <strong>larger context window<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Gemini\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dcc4d6af-b3e7-48ec-96e2-c65903f60bca\/907894193\/gemini-google-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Gemini<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini-google.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini-google.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet, the parent company of Google, presented on Tuesday at the annual developer conference Google I\/O an innovative artificial intelligence capable of instantly responding to video, audio, and text queries. With this major announcement, the tech giant aims to demonstrate its leadership in the field of AI and counter criticisms about its alleged lack of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-new-thing-from-google-in-ai-is-project-astra-a-virtual-assistant-that-will-make-a-difference\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The new thing from Google in AI is Project Astra, a virtual assistant that will make a difference&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":281166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-281165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313175,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281165\/revisions\/313175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281165"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=281165"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=281165"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=281165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}