Codento's newsletter combines the latest artificial intelligence news from Google into one package!
🔶 Google Introduces AMIE for Advanced Medical Diagnoses: AMIE (Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer) is an innovative AI designed to conduct diagnostic conversations with patients, mirroring or surpassing primary care physicians in accuracy and quality. Trained on real doctor-patient dialogues and simulations, AMIE is adept at asking pertinent questions, reasoning through diagnoses, and displaying empathy. This advancement in AI-driven healthcare promises enhanced patient care and streamlined diagnostics.
🔶 Google DeepMind's AlphaGeometry Tackles Olympiad Geometry: AlphaGeometry excels at solving complex geometry problems from mathematical olympiads, matching top human contestants. Combining neural networks with symbolic logic engines, trained on vast synthetic data, it solved most problems in an International Mathematical Olympiad set, showcasing AI’s potential in high-level mathematical reasoning and problem-solving.
🔶 Google Preparing to Launch "Bard Advanced": Leaked details suggest that this premium AI service, powered by Gemini Ultra model, will be available through Google One and it is expected to feature multimodal capabilities. Key enhancements include the ability to create custom bots, improved response prompts, and a showcase Gallery. “Bard Advanced” aims to elevate Google’s position in the competitive large language model market.
🔶 Google Launches Gemini Pro on Vertex AI: Google’s new Gemini Pro, a lighter version of Gemini Ultra, is now available on Vertex AI for processing text, code, images, and video. This release includes customization tools, augmentation capabilities, and improved quality controls, alongside new features like Auto SxS for model comparison, enhancing Google’s open model ecosystem.
🔶 Google's VideoPoet revolutionising Video Synthesis: VideoPoet is a language model capable of generating high-quality videos with audio from various inputs, including text and images. Its advanced transformer architecture allows for exceptional text-to-video conversion, stylization, and video-to-audio transformation. VideoPoet stands out in creating dynamic, coherent large motions, showcasing groundbreaking progress in AI-driven multimedia creation.
🔶 Colab Extends AI-Enabled Coding Globally: Google’s Colab now offers AI-powered code assistance to all users, free of charge, in 175 locales. This expansion democratizes access to advanced computational resources, including TPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, and features like natural language code generation. Colab, widely used by developers and students, is a key tool in Google’s mission to make AI development tools accessible globally.
Exciting Customer Case! Joutsenon Elementti Oy Harnesses the Power of AI and Google Cloud in Streamlining Order Processing.
🔶 The Challenge:
In the complex world of concrete elements, Joutsenon Elementti faced a significant hurdle in extracting data from diverse technical drawings received in various formats. The crucial task of gathering information for manufacturing, including concrete strength classes and stress categories, required meticulous attention.
🔶 The Solution:
Enter Codento! Leveraging Google Cloud's cutting-edge Document AI tool, Codento demonstrated how to overcome the challenge of extracting information from non-standard technical drawings. The Document AI, a no-code text recognition model, showcased its prowess in OCR (optical character recognition), even with minimal training data.
🔶 Why Codento?
Chosen for their clear proposal and extensive AI consulting experience, Codento proved their mettle in similar implementations. Their collaboration with Joutsenon Elementti was based on trust and expertise.
🔶 Surprisingly Positive Results:
The OCR model's reliability, measured by F1 scores, surpassed expectations. With scores nearly reaching 0.9, the model demonstrated outstanding precision and recall. The Proof of Concept (PoC) validated the feasibility of automating data extraction from PDF files using Google Cloud's modern OCR tools.
If you want to hear more about our approach, please book a free Generative AI workshop with us.
Codento partnered with Swappie, Europe's leading online refurbished iPhone provider, to explore the incredible possibilities of modern computer vision technology powered by the Google ecosystem.
Swappie, based in Finland and founded in 2016, is at the forefront of the circular economy for technology, making refurbished iPhones mainstream and contributing to the reduction of e-waste globally. Their end-to-end process has delighted over 1 million customers who believe it's not only better for their wallets but also better for the environment.
Codento played a crucial role in this journey, conducting a study with state-of-the-art methods in computer vision. Here's a glimpse into what computer vision technology entails:
1️⃣ Image Acquisition: Capturing visual data from cameras or other devices.
2️⃣ Preprocessing: Enhancing image quality through resizing, filtering, and noise removal.
3️⃣ Feature Extraction: Identifying meaningful patterns like edges, shapes, and textures.
4️⃣ Classification and Segmentation: Analyzing features to classify objects and segment them into meaningful regions.
Curious to dive deeper into this fascinating case? Head to our website to read the full story of how technology is advancing at Swappie with the help of Codento!
AI isn't just a leap in technology; it's a strategic asset reshaping how businesses operate, decide, and serve customers. This holds especially true for operations, where AI is set to revolutionize processes, driving efficiency and paving the way for sustainable growth.
Codento has achieved a major milestone on its mission to become the leading Nordic Google Cloud consultant company!
We're thrilled to announce that we've been granted 10 new Google Cloud Expertises recently, bringing our total to a remarkable 17 which is one of the highest number by any regional or local Google Cloud partner in Nordic!
Expertise Partners are recognized for their proficiency and customer success in specific industries, solutions, or Google Cloud products. We're proud to showcase Codento’s current 17 Google Cloud Expertises:
🔶 Industry: Business & Professional Services, Cloud Natives, Industrial Goods & Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale, Small & Medium Business, Healthcare & Lifesciences
🔶 Product/Technology: Google Cloud Analytics, Google Cloud App Dev & Monitoring, Google Cloud Compute, Google Cloud Identity & Security
This achievement places Codento among the top Google Cloud partners in the Nordic region. We couldn't have done it without our amazing customers, the support of Google teams, and the hard work of our dedicated Codento teams!
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Is your IT foundation ready for the AI revolution, or is there lingering technology debt? Scaling AI use and meeting your business peers' insatiable AI-appetite is no small feat.
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1️⃣ Cloud Foundation: Navigating the multi-cloud environment and exploring the true cost of cloud services.
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