Project Astra: Exploring a Universal AI Assistant with Greg Wayne

<p>In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you. Host Hannah Fry is joined by Greg Wayne, Director in Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the inspiration behind the research prototype, its current strengths and limitations, as well as potential future use cases. Hannah even gets the chance to put Project Astra's multilingual skills to the test.</p><p>Further reading / listening:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYmG7hTraZD8qyQmEfXrJMpGsQKk-LCY">Gemini 2.0</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYmG7hTraZBNoGqfQoE-tjWpUd1G6XYB">Project Astra </a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH74gNeryhQ">Decoding Google Gemini with Jeff Dean</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/64pndvbbokA?si=aWCil9lMosadDsSc">Gaming, Goats & General Intelligence with Frederic Besse</a></li></ul><p>Thanks to eve...