From Tech.co, December 12:
What is Google’s Terrifying Gemini AI Project Ellmann?
Google is rumored to be working on a secretive Gemini AI project codenamed Ellmann. Here's what we know and why it matters.
What's next for Google Gemini, now that the internet giant has launched its new AI model? According to the latest reports, an ultra-intelligent AI assistant being developed under the codename Project Ellmann could be on the horizon.
Project Ellmann doesn't sound so much like a ChatGPT rival as it does a potential ChatGPT killer. Rather than just answering your questions and helping you get mundane stuff done, the secretive Google initiative is being designed to capture a “birds-eye view” of your life.
The main offshoot of the undertaking would be Ellmann Chat, which Google imagines as “ChatGPT…[if] it knows everything about your life.” It's a fascinating if slightly startling prospect, given the incredible amount of data and personal information Google already knows about most internet users.
What is Google Project Ellmann?
News of Project Ellmann's existence come to us via CNBC, which claims to have seen documents related to the initiative used to present at a internal company summit. The presentation was apparently delivered by a product manager for Google Photos alongside representatives from its Gemini teams.
The AI assistant will ingest your personal photos, documents you may have stored in a Google account, and other contextual information available on the web so that it can effectively tell “your life story.” This will then be fed into a Gemini-powered chatbot, codenamed Ellmann Chat, and provide responses that are personalized to a currently unprecedented extent....
1) 'Optical sensors' embedded in everyday objects could assess cardiovascular function and help users improve heart health" (GOOG)
Well isn't this a dream come true:
I am not putting cameras* behind the mirrors in the bathrooms, sorry.
Maybe behind the ones in the long hall.
From CB Insights, Jan. 5:
The biggest players in tech are increasingly going after the healthcare space.
Patent activity, in particular, gives a window into where tech giants are investing in health tracking R&D. Amazon has patented heart-rate detection by smartphone and Apple has patented smartphone-based health tracking. Now Google is moving deeper into medical data as well.
A patent application published January 4 details how Google could use “optical sensors” placed in patients’ devices or belongings to capture data on individual’s cardiovascular function – all with the aim of motivating behavioral changes and reducing instances of heart disease.
The sensors might even be positioned (per the patent’s illustrations) in a “sensing milieu” in a patient’s bathroom.
Google’s new invention for at-home health tracking would
In addition, it would integrate with other Google hardware and software – such as Android phones and Google Glass – to capture, process, and analyze as much user cardio data as possible.
- monitor certain aspects of a patient’s physical appearance; and
- track changes in appearance that relate to cardiovascular health problems.
The data would be monitored for trends and shared with patients or their medical professionals.
*The only difference between a camera and an 'optical sensor' is the wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum we're dealing with.Google ups the healthcare ante against Apple
This latest patent aligns with other signals pointing to Google’s long-term strategy in healthcare: Patent filings in recent years have indicated Google’s interest in using noninvasive sensors to collect real-time medical information and apply the data for predictive purposes....MUCH MORE
And sometimes there is no difference at all.
2) Some Thoughts on Google Offering An Online Depression Test
“Thanks, but if I were actually interested in addressing my mental health problems I wouldn’t be spending so much time online.”
—Pete Winspear • Sidewalk Excavator
