OpenAI and Google are launching supercharged AI assistants. Here’s how you can try them out.

Project Astra is an upcoming AI agent from Google that was demonstrated at Google’s I/O conference and is set to be released later this year. It will be accessible via smartphones, desktop computers, and potentially other devices like smart glasses. The presentation of Project Astra focused on its visual capabilities, contrasting with OpenAI’s GPT-4o, which emphasized audio features. Both companies claim rigorous testing for their models, with Google highlighting comprehensive safety evaluations and OpenAI involving over 70 experts in the testing process. The true measure of these AI models will be their performance when deployed to a broader audience.

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