Google says the AI-focused Pixel 8 can’t run its latest smartphone AI models

capt_wolf , 3 months ago

Personally, I've tried using Gemini for a couple weeks now and last night decided to disable it. It can't even manage commands like "play music" to open Spotify, or start calls and texts without being unlocked. The whole point of a hands free assistant for me is to be hands free... I use it in my car for calls and texts, literally the primary reason to have a cell phone. Who gives a crap about "creative inspiration" if they're not even prioritizing the basic features of a phone?

Tylerdurdon , 3 months ago

Can someone explain why AI on your phone is so revolutionary and desirable?

BrikoX OP Mod , 3 months ago

Access. If it can truly run fully locally, then companies can have their LLM model in everyone's pockets, basically.

As far desirable, it depends on the person. And it's more about what people don't want, then want. Google has been promising various AI features that people will be able to run on the device, but so far most of them send the data to Google servers and then return the result.