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Google made several AI-related announcements at Google I/O on Wednesday. The company rebranded its Workspace AI features to Duet AI and announced the beginning of an AI takeover of Search. These updates are experimental currently as the tech giant improves their functionality and reliability. You can help it in those efforts. Google has put up a dedicated Labs page where you can sign up to test these AI experiments.
You can now sign up for early access to Google’s AI experiments
Google’s Labs website currently lists four active early-stage experiments that you can sign up for. Two of those are new AI features for Search and Workspace. The other two are Project Tailwind and Musiclm, which are AI tools too. The former is a smart virtual notebook that lets you research for information as you write something on it. The tool pulls out information from documents that you have saved in Google Drive.
You can ask questions and get responses in the context of your document. It also offers new ideas, quizzes, and summaries. Project Tailwind is ideal for making study notes using existing documents or digital books. Since this tool cites all of its sources within your documents, you can quickly refer to them if you need a detailed explanation. It is currently available through Google’s experiment Labs in the US.
Musiclm is also a new AI tool that lets you create music. Originally announced in January this year, it can turn your text descriptions into music. The tool is available on the web, Android, and iOS. For every text prompt, such as “soulful jazz for a dinner party,” Musiclm will come up with two versions of the song. You can listen to both and select the one you liked better by clicking on the trophy button. This will help Google improve the tool over time.
All of these AI experiments are now available through Google’s Labs page. Go to the page and click on the “Learn more” button under the experimental feature that you want to test. A new page will open where you can sign up to get access to these tools. Note that not all experiments are available for test immediately. For some, like the newly-announced Workspace AI features, you will have to join a public waitlist. Google will let you know when the tools are available to you. A public release of these features may follow in the coming months.