I demoed Google’s Project Astra and it felt like the future of generative AI (until it didn’t)

CAT May 15, 2024 1 min read

The company’s vision of multimodal AI looks promising, but it’ll need to smooth out some wrinkles before officially launching.

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I demoed Google’s Project Astra and it felt like the future of generative AI (until it didn’t)

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I demoed Google’s Project Astra and it felt like the future of generative AI (until it didn’t)

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