Samsung's latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S24, has finally been unveiled and we now know it will come packed with AI improvements, but they're not in-house developments.
Instead, Samsung has revealed a “multi-year” partnership with Google Cloud to bring generative AI to its phones.
Google's Gemini Pro multi-modal model, plus Image 2 on Vertex AI, will be deployed on Galaxy S24 devices, putting powerful AI in the hands of thousands of consumers.
Galaxy S24 gets Google's generative AI
Samsung proudly proclaimed in its announcement that in doing so, it had become the first Google Cloud partner to deploy Gemini Pro on Vertex AI to consumers. The Gemini model family was recently announced and poses a major threat to OpenAI's GPT models.
Being a multimodal model, Gemini can combine text, code, images and video. In the case of its implementation on Samsung Galaxy S24 devices, it promises to generate summaries of Notes, Recorded Voice and Keyboard.
Janghyun Yoon, Corporate Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business Software Office at Samsung Electronics, said: “After months of rigorous testing and competitive evaluations, the Google Cloud and Samsung teams worked together to deliver the best intelligence experience. artificial powered by Gemini in Galaxy. “
Image 2, a text-to-image streaming technology, will bring “secure and intuitive” photo editing capabilities to consumers and will be integrated directly into the Gallery app on the Galaxy S24.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said: “With Gemini, Samsung developers can leverage Google Cloud's world-class infrastructure, cutting-edge performance and flexibility to deliver secure, reliable and engaging applications powered by generative AI. on Samsung smartphone devices.”
Looking ahead, Samsung's future appears to be getting a generative boost from AI. As part of the partnership, it also became one of the first customers to test Google's flagship Gemini Ultra, which outperforms GPT-4 in many benchmark tests.
