Google I/O 2018

[hardtailstar]

Google I/O 2018 starts at 6pm UK time.

 

An AI pre show starts about 40 minutes before Google I/O keynote kicks off.

 

You can watch the Keynote here

 

 

 

Anybody looking forward to anything?

Edited May 8, 2018 by hardtailstar

[Arthur]

Main keynote starts at

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Shorter version.

 

Edited May 9, 2018 by Arthur

[Arthur]

Anybody looking forward to anything?

Official support for Linux apps in Chrome OS (

in the developer keynote).

 

https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/linux-on-chromebooks

 

Linux runs inside a virtual machine that was designed from scratch for Chromebooks. That means it starts in seconds and integrates completely with Chromebook features. Linux apps can start with a click of an icon, windows can be moved around, and files can be opened directly from apps.

 

Linux app support is coming to Chrome OS starting with the Pixelbook

 

Linux app support will be possible thanks to containerization. The integration will be far more seamless than running a GNU/Linux distribution via chroot: You can start Linux apps from the Launcher with a mouse click, move windows around, and open files directly from apps. The app window theme will even be based on a modified version of the Adapta Gtk theme, a beautiful Material Design-inspired theme. You’ll have access to the wide range of popular developer tools available on most GNU/Linux distributions, which Google hopes will convince developers to start developing on a Chromebook and not an Apple MacBook or Microsoft Surface. And for those of you who are familiar with desktop Linux, you won’t have to change how you install new apps: Installation via apt-get in the command line or downloading tarballs should all work.

 

Linux app support on Chrome OS is internally called “Crostini” by Google, and we’ve tracked it extensively in the past few weeks. Some Chromebook owners on the latest Dev or Canary channels may have noticed a new menu item for Linux apps in Settings: That’s for Crostini, and while it only works on the Google Pixelbook, Google promises to bring support for other Chromebooks in the future. Google wants to make sure that Crostini works well enough before a wider rollout, and by testing it on a smaller user base first (i.e. Pixelbook owners daring enough to run their machines on the Dev or Canary channel) they’ll be able to stamp out as many bugs as possible.

 

 

List of devices with kernel 4.4 in testing (and hence the possibility of receiving Crostini support)

Edited May 9, 2018 by Arthur

[Arthur]

The Google Assistant phone call demo was really cool (see

in the main keynote).

 

Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone

 

A long-standing goal of human-computer interaction has been to enable people to have a natural conversation with computers, as they would with each other. In recent years, we have witnessed a revolution in the ability of computers to understand and to generate natural speech, especially with the application of deep neural networks (e.g., Google voice search, WaveNet). Still, even with today’s state of the art systems, it is often frustrating having to talk to stilted computerized voices that don't understand natural language. In particular, automated phone systems are still struggling to recognize simple words and commands. They don’t engage in a conversation flow and force the caller to adjust to the system instead of the system adjusting to the caller.

 

Today we announce Google Duplex, a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the phone. The technology is directed towards completing specific tasks, such as scheduling certain types of appointments. For such tasks, the system makes the conversational experience as natural as possible, allowing people to speak normally, like they would to another person, without having to adapt to a machine.

[hardtailstar]

The Google Assistant phone call demo was really cool (see

in the main keynote).

 

Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone

 

That was cool but I doubt we will see it for a while and you'd probably have to set the place you are callings number in the assistant before it works properly.

 

I'm guessing it works off your calendar, what happens if you havent put something in it and it books you in so you are double booked. - just answered my own question in my head. Make sure you put everything in it! lol