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by Jun He, Yingyi Zhang, and Pawan Dixit Incremental processing is an approach to process new or changed data in workflows. The key advantage is that it only incrementally processes data that are newly added or updated to a dataset, instead of re-processing the complete dataset. This not only reduces the cost of compute resources but …
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Black Friday—and really, the entire Cyber Week—is a time when you want your applications running at peak performance without completely exhausting your operations teams. Observability solutions can help you achieve this goal, whether you’re a small team with a single product or a large team operating complex ecommerce applications. But not all observability solutions (or …
Posted by Dave Hawkey, Software Engineer, Google Research Two years ago we announced Project Guideline, a collaboration between Google Research and Guiding Eyes for the Blind that enabled people with visual impairments (e.g., blindness and low-vision) to walk, jog, and run independently. Using only a Google Pixel phone and headphones, Project Guideline leverages on-device machine …
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In the dynamic world of streaming on Amazon Music, every search for a song, podcast, or playlist holds a story, a mood, or a flood of emotions waiting to be unveiled. These searches serve as a gateway to new discoveries, cherished experiences, and lasting memories. The search bar is not just about finding a song; …
Recent technological advancements in data storage have prompted businesses and consumers to move away from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) towards faster, lower-latency solid-state drive (SSD) technology. In this post, we’re going to look at this new technology, as well as the fastest and most popular protocol available to connect it to a computer’s motherboard—non-volatile …
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) allows you to provide a large language model (LLM) with access to data from external knowledge sources such as repositories, databases, and APIs without the need to fine-tune it. When using generative AI for question answering, RAG enables LLMs to answer questions with the most relevant, up-to-date information and optionally cite …
Posted by Anoop Sinha, Research Director, Technology & Society, and Yossi Matias, Vice President, Google Research The first of Google’s AI Principles is to “Be socially beneficial.” As AI practitioners, we’re inspired by the transformative potential of AI technologies to benefit society and our shared environment at a scale and swiftness that wasn’t possible before. …
Posted by Anoop Sinha, Research Director, Technology & Society, and Yossi Matias, Vice President, Google Research The first of Google’s AI Principles is to “Be socially beneficial.” As AI practitioners, we’re inspired by the transformative potential of AI technologies to benefit society and our shared environment at a scale and swiftness that wasn’t possible before. …