After the recent and much felt Google Core Algorithm Update, changes in Adwords and after the Google Page Rank becomes obsolete, more changes and updates are about to come as Google continues to improve its system and its user’s general experience. A couple of updates and improvement to look forward to include training AI to speak more naturally and completely blocking Flash in Google Chrome this year.
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Google recently released a paper vividly describing how it is training AI to speak more natural. AI is being deviated into being able to fill in gaps between sentences as well as unrelated sentences. To practice in a more neutral network, AI is being trained by analyzing 12,000 E-books, most of which are fictional and romance in nature. The results according to the paper are quite impressive and entertaining as well. However, keeping a less dramatic tone would be another factor that Google should consider adjusting according to the report.
So what’s the catch for Google’s users upon AI’s successful text to speech upgrade? It can help in several aspects like automated customer service for businesses, chat support and other business related functions. Siri, Cortana and Google Now will most likely be customized to for a more personalized experience for its users.
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Flash’s goodbye seems to be a gruesome and a long overdue fact. However, Google seems to be eager to put a definite end to this by providing a detailed plan on how it plans to block Flash content with Google Chrome by the end of 2016. In the current version of Chrome, every website with Flash content will be blocked by default according to news. Flash content would be accessible if a user would specifically choose to do so and would have to enable it site-by-site basis.
Flash has been a culprit for so many pop ups that has become a nuisance for most internet users. However, 10 domains using Flash will be enabled by default in Google Chrome. These include the following, YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitch and Amazon. However, the exemption would last for a year and these websites would have to make a move about since they will be treated like everyone else in a year’s time.
The change, for me is very helpful since it helps protect users from malicious content online. It also encourages developers to switch to HTML5 which is quite more adaptable and up-to-date with the current needs of the generation when it comes to user experience. Not to mention, Flash really already gave its toll in a device’s battery life.
With the way major domains and search engines are pushing themselves for a better experience for their user, I expect more changes to see in the future.
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