NotebookLM
NotebookLM, a analysis and writing assistant, is now out there in Brazil and in Portuguese. Utilizing Gemini 1.5 Professional, the instrument can create summaries, FAQs, examine guides and extra based mostly on uploaded paperwork.
AI alternatives
James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Analysis, Expertise & Society, shared his imaginative and prescient for AI and the way we’re working with Brazil to faucet into this chance — together with an AI accelerator program to help startups. He bolstered our dedication to growing AI to positively impression society, from on a regular basis duties to bigger societal challenges, like detecting ailments and adapting to local weather change.
Royal Hansen, Vice President of Privateness, Security and Safety Engineering, described how we’re utilizing AI to extend the safety of merchandise. Gmail’s AI-powered defenses, as an illustration, robotically block 99.9% of threats from reaching inboxes. To assist us proceed these necessary efforts, we’re increasing our Privateness, Security and Safety workforce to Brazil, the place we’ll open a second engineering heart in 2026.
New digital abilities coaching
Since 2017, we’ve skilled greater than 3 million individuals in Brazil in digital abilities by means of Develop with Google. Now we’re launching two new on-line programs to assist Brazilians construct in-demand abilities: AI Necessities teaches individuals the best way to use generative AI instruments (together with the best way to use them responsibly), whereas the Cybersecurity Profession Certificates focuses on cybersecurity evaluation and defending networks, gadgets, individuals and information. We’re donating 70,000 Profession Certificates scholarships to Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola (CIEE) to help younger professionals from the Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities.
As well as, we’ve launched free on-line programs centered on generative AI information evaluation on our Cloud Abilities Increase program. During the last yr and half, greater than 45,000 individuals in Brazil have enrolled in comparable packages, out there freed from cost to college and technical college college students. And in partnership with Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (Senai), we’re growing a brand new Google Cloud platform that makes use of AI to investigate college students’ CVs and join them with potential skilled alternatives.
Our native financial impression
We take delight in serving to corporations thrive: startups that speed up in our Google for Startups packages, builders who carry their video games to the world by means of Google Play, corporations that join with extra shoppers utilizing Google Advertisements, content material creators who give voice to Brazilians on YouTube, and rather more.
In 2023, we contributed greater than 188 billion reais to the Brazilian financial system by means of our platforms, together with Search, Google Advertisements, AdSense, YouTube, Google Cloud and Google Play. And thru the tax incentive regulation, we invested hundreds of thousands in 21 social tasks throughout 19 states and 143 cities. One among them, from the Vaga Lume Affiliation, will construct libraries and prepare mediators to encourage studying in communities within the Authorized Amazon.
All of those bulletins construct on our dedication to generate constructive social, environmental and financial impression in Brazil. And with the most recent developments in AI, we’ll proceed innovating alongside the individuals of Brazil — a rustic we’ve been fortunate to name dwelling for nearly 20 years.
