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Google Launches Offline AI Note-Taker for Mac Powered by Gemma 2
- •Google has released Google AI Edge Foresight, a new Mac app that operates entirely offline using an on-device Gemma 2 model with 740 million parameters.
- •The application features a split-screen design similar to Granola, allowing users to write shorthand notes on one side and view AI-generated notes on the other.
- •Users can upload documents like PDFs, Google Docs, and Microsoft Office files to build a searchable knowledge base that answers real-time questions.
- •Optimized for Apple silicon, the app excels at working without an internet connection during travel or remote situations.
- •EmbeddingGemma 2 helps the app search and connect information across transcripts, notes, and files by mapping text, audio, images, and video into a shared vector space.
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Google AI Edge Foresight is a new Mac application designed to capture meeting notes completely offline using an on-device Gemma 2 model with 740 million parameters. It features a split-screen view that lets users take manual shorthand notes on one side while viewing AI-generated notes on the other, and is optimized for Apple silicon.
Users can upload various documents to build a usable knowledge base, including PDFs, Google Docs, Microsoft Office formats, plain text, Markdown files, and web bookmarks. These uploaded documents help answer real-time questions during meetings using retrieved context.
EmbeddingGemma 2 maps text, audio, images, and video into a shared vector space, which allows the app to search and connect information across meeting transcripts, notes, and other files. This enables Foresight to retrieve relevant details from the user's knowledge base to enrich notes and answer questions during meetings.
