Google is developing AI software with human-like reasoning ability

Google Innovates: Crafting AI with Human Reasoning Skills

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Omkar Devadkar

Last Updated: October 03, 2024

Summary: Google is working on reasoning software, a huge progress in artificial intelligence (AI).

Google is working on software that replicates human reasoning abilities. According to a study, this new software aims to solve complex problems in fields like algebra and computer programming while topping current AI systems.

Multiple Google teams have made progress on AI reasoning software in the past few months, according to Bloomberg.

Google is stepping up its artificial intelligence fight with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which just released the o1 model, formerly known as Strawberry.

AI researchers are investigating reasoning models for the next breakthrough in technology. Google, like OpenAI, aims to imitate human reasoning using a chain-of-thought prompting, technique, according to sources.

In this technique, the program pauses for a few seconds before responding to a request while, behind the scenes and invisible to the user, it examines several similar prompts and then summarises what looks to be the most suitable reply.

Google and OpenAI are involved in a fierce battle for AI dominance, especially since the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT, a popular chatbot that investors fear can replace Google search.

Google has taken many initiatives to recover its advantage, including integrating its top research laboratories to form the Google DeepMind subsidiary and strengthening ties between researchers and product teams.

Google unveiled two new models in July: AlphaGeometry 2, an upgraded version of the company's earlier-released geometry-focused model, and AlphaProof, a math reasoning specialist. According to a blog post by Google, the programs solved four out of the six questions in the International Mathematical Olympiad, an annual competition in which students take on subjects like algebra and geometry.

Google introduced Astra, an AI assistant, at its developer conference in May. Astra uses a phone's camera to examine the surroundings and respond to queries, like helping a user find her left glasses. Google said before the end of the year, its top AI model, Gemini, can receive some assistant features.