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Google unveils new phones and other gadgets powered by AI
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Alphabet's Google on Aug 13 unveiled a lineup of new Pixel smartphones with deeper integrations of its artificial intelligence technology as it races to incorporate AI into its hardware. The event at Alphabet's Bay View c
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The event at Alphabet's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, bucks a tradition Google has maintained with every iteration of Pixel — its flagship smartphone launched in October 2016 — to announce the new version in the autumn.
The earlier timing is Google's latest bid to keep up with rivals in injecting AI features into its consumer-facing products and comes ahead of Apple's planned launch of a new iPhone in September.
In June, Apple announced that devices including its latest version of iPhones would get upgrades that include "Apple Intelligence," a slew of generative AI-powered features within native applications, and an integration with ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by Microsoft-backed OpenAI.
"We've seen a lot of AI announcements in a short burst of time as of late. I don't think you want to sit on it too long if you're Google," said IDC analyst Linn Huang.