Samsung Unveils Gauss, Ondevice GenAI Models For Text, Images And Code
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Today, South Korean electronics giant Samsung took the first big step towards generative AI with the announcement of Gaussian, a basic model designed to run on smartphones and generate text, code and images.
At the AI Forum in Suwon, the company detailed its work on the new model and noted that its employees are currently testing the technology internally. It is named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss, who developed the theory of the normal distribution, which forms the basis of modern machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Over time, the company plans to improve Gauss and use it in “several product applications” to provide a new user experience. The move comes as technology companies including Apple and Google explore the potential of artificial intelligence within devices for a variety of use cases.
What to expect from Samsung Gauss?
Although Gauss has just been announced, Samsung Research has confirmed that it will be available in three versions: Gauss Language, Gauss Code and Gauss Image.
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The language model will work similarly to generative artificial intelligence (AI) in Google Workspace and will help with tasks such as composing emails, summarizing documents, and translating content. Samsung indicated that this could also allow for smarter device management, without revealing specific details.
Likewise, Gauss Image will process images on all devices, from creating and editing images to enhancing them with enhancements and higher resolution. This is similar to providing access to features like generative shading in a smartphone editor.
Once these two features are available to people using Samsung devices, Gauss Code will become a software development assistant and help teams write code quickly. The company added that it will support features such as code description and test case creation through an interactive interface.
No information on availability
Adding generative AI to Samsung's ecosystem could mean a big improvement for the company's customers. However, there is no information yet on when the company plans to implement the integration.
Currently, the company says it only uses this model to improve employee productivity and will expand it to include various product applications in the near future to provide a new user experience.
If anything, Samsung could add this model and many of the features it will bring to its next flagship, expected to launch in 2024. It is also in line with the launch schedule of the artificial intelligence engine of Qualcomm's next-generation chip to support multiple generative AI models. . Large language models, linguistic vision models and automatic speech recognition based on transformer networks of more than 10 billion parameters. Qualcomm is a mobile SoC supplier for Samsung.
The move accelerates the race toward AI in hardware, which companies like Google and Apple are also exploring. The former recently launched the Pixel 8 Pro to support apps like photo editing with clean versions of image and text generation models, while the latter has been widely used for generative AI features and debuted with voice-based playback capabilities. AI.
And with custom hardware and AI models running on the device, users can expect better results than typical cloud models. Giving models access to device-specific data, such as driving patterns, restaurant searches, photos and more, will lead to more personalized results than expected, said Ziad Asghar, senior vice president of product management at Qualcomm, in an interview with CNET.
Samsung, for its part, continues to move in this direction. The company has also created an AI Red Team to identify and address security and privacy issues that may arise as it pursues its AI vision.
Additional information will be provided in the coming months.
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