1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (415+ words) Ofer Meshi and Sally Goldman, Research Scientists, Google Research We introduce Conv Apparel, a new human-AI conversation dataset and a comprehensive evaluation framework designed to quantify the "realism gap" in LLM-based user simulators and improve the training of robust conversational…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (474+ words) To address this challenge, S2 Vec uses a two-step process to rasterize the world: S2 Vec rasterizes images to learn embeddings of the built environment. The MAE process systematically shows the model a "patch" of the built environment while hiding (masking) certain…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (261+ words) Tavonga Siyavora, Senior Product Manager, and Abdoulaye Diack, Program Manager, Google Research WAXAL provides a critical, open-access foundation for African speech technology. Featuring a large corpus of ASR and TTS data for 27 native languages under a highly permissive license, WAXAL…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (635+ words) We propose a system for synthetic data generation to train AI systems to visually follow any route on any map, finally teaching language models to navigate our world. Look at a map of a shopping mall or a theme park....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (720+ words) We strive to create an environment conducive to many different types of research across many different time scales and levels of risk. Our researchers drive advancements in computer science through both fundamental and applied research. We regularly open-source projects with…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (416+ words) We strive to create an environment conducive to many different types of research across many different time scales and levels of risk. Our researchers drive advancements in computer science through both fundamental and applied research. We regularly open-source projects with…...