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• Google announced the launch of Assistant with Bard, an enhancement using generative AI, during the Made by Google event alongside the unveiling of Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2.
• Assistant with Bard aims to offer personalized assistance such as trip planning, email details retrieval, and grocery list creation.
• The new assistant integrates with existing Google apps like Gmail and Docs for better information retrieval and summarization, maintaining interaction via text, voice, or images.
• A notable feature is its ability to provide photo captions; by overlaying Bard on a photo, users can generate captions and relevant hashtags for social media posting.
• Privacy settings are customizable according to user preferences, ensuring a level of privacy control.
• The release is staged, with a rollout to early testers “soon” and a broader launch on Android and iOS platforms “in the coming months.”