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News18
11 hours ago
- News18
Google Has Stopped This AI Photo Feature For Its Users: Here's Why
Last Updated: Google introduced Ask Photos at the I/O 2024 last year and the AI powered feature is there to help you get answers about images. Google has been forced to pause one more AI feature for its users. Google's AI journey has moved at a steady pace but the company has once again hit a hurdle in this race against OpenAI. Google released the AI-powered Ask Photos feature that works within the Photos app and for multiple reasons it has decided to pause the roll out for its users. We first got to know about Ask Photos at the I/O 2024 last year and Google was widely tipped to fix the issues before making it available in the market. But new reports suggest the issues are still around and users will have to wait a little longer before getting a full tilt at the new AI feature. But why was the roll out paused? Ask Photos Paused But Why? Google's product manager shared the news via a post on X recently and also gave the reason for this decision. Jamie Aspinall claims the Ask AI feature was facing issues related to latency, quality and the overall experience of how the AI tool offered results. Basically Aspinall says, Ask Photos is not where it needs to be, which seems like a fair call to make rather than let it become an issue in the public. Ask Photos is essentially there to help you answer queries about photos, understand the context of the visuals and even retrieve the text from images. He also pointed out the roll out has been paused for a very small number of users which could be in hundreds or thousands, depending on how widespread the release was offered earlier. The good news is that Google is already working on the issues facing Ask Photos and Aspinall claims the new and refined version of the tool will be available in about two weeks which is a decent timeline if the app works smoothly. First Published:
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Google pauses Photos' app AI-powered 'Ask Photos'
has paused the rollout of its experimental "Ask Photos" feature in Google Photos after users complained about slow performance and poor user experience, according to a Google Photos product manager. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Jamie Aspinall, product manager for Google Photos, confirmed the pause on X Tuesday, citing three critical issues: latency, quality, and user experience. "Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be," Aspinall wrote in response to user criticism about the AI-powered search tool. The feature, which uses Google's Gemini AI models to let users search their photo libraries with natural language queries, has been rolling out to a limited number of users since October 2024. Users can ask questions like "Show me the best photo from each national park I've visited" or "What themes have we had for birthday parties?" However, early users reported significant problems. The feature often missed relevant photos, ran painfully slow, and provided an inferior experience compared to Google Photos' traditional keyword search. Some users described the AI search as making "Google Photos worse" overall. Aspinall said the rollout has been paused "at very small numbers" while Google addresses these issues. The company expects to ship an improved version in approximately two weeks that "brings back the speed and recall of the original search." Google first announced Ask Photos at its I/O developer conference in May 2024, positioning it as a major upgrade that would make finding specific memories easier. The feature was designed to understand context and subjects in photos using Gemini's multimodal capabilities, even reading text within images. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This isn't Google's first AI feature pause. The company previously halted AI Overviews in Search after viral mistakes and paused Gemini's image generation tool due to historical inaccuracies. Users who currently have access to Ask Photos can disable it through the app's settings under "Gemini features in Google Photos."
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
Google delays rollout of its 'Ask Photos' AI search feature
Google is delaying the rollout of its "Ask Photos" feature for about two weeks, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X. According to Aspinall, the product isn't up to par when it comes to latency, quality, and user experience. While some users have access to the feature now, he said that a new version will be shipped in about two weeks, which will aim to correct these issues. Google first announced the Ask Photos feature last year at its annual Google I/O developer conference. With the help of Google's Gemini AI model, Ask Photos allows users to search their Google Photos libraries using natural language prompts. A user could ask, for example, for a sample of one great photo from each of their visits to a National Park. Google did not respond to a request for comment before publication. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Google delays rollout of its 'Ask Photos' AI search feature
Google is delaying the rollout of its "Ask Photos" feature for about two weeks, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X. According to Aspinall, the product isn't up to par when it comes to latency, quality, and user experience. While some users have access to the feature now, he said that a new version will be shipped in about two weeks, which will aim to correct these issues. Google first announced the Ask Photos feature last year at its annual Google I/O developer conference. With the help of Google's Gemini AI model, Ask Photos allows users to search their Google Photos libraries using natural language prompts. A user could ask, for example, for a sample of one great photo from each of their visits to a National Park. Google did not respond to a request for comment before publication. Sign in to access your portfolio
TechCrunch
6 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
Google delays rollout of its ‘Ask Photos' AI search feature
In Brief Google is delaying the rollout of its 'Ask Photos' feature for about two weeks, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X. According to Aspinall, the product isn't up to par when it comes to latency, quality, and user experience. While some users have access to the feature now, he said that a new version will be shipped in about two weeks, which will aim to correct these issues. Google first announced the Ask Photos feature last year at its annual Google I/O developer conference. With the help of Google's Gemini AI model, Ask Photos allows users to search their Google Photos libraries using natural language prompts. A user could ask, for example, for a sample of one great photo from each of their visits to a National Park. one of my favorite examples of Ask Photos@googlephotos — Jamieasp (@jamieasp) May 14, 2024 Google did not respond to a request for comment before publication.
