Google I/O's biggest reveals: VR dreams, personalized AI, and chips that blow away Moore's Law

Google's finally interweaving the deep treasure troves of information it holds about the world at large and you, specifically. Google Assistant is a conversational digital assistant built around the company's strengths in deep learning and natural language recognition, summoned at an utterance of "Ok Google" to respond to any queries you may have. It can understand context depending on the topic at hand, too: Holding your camera at a famous sculpture and asking "Who designed this?" will get an answer, as will queries like "Show me his other movies" after asking something like "Who directed The Revenant?" Google Assistant will be able to play music playlists, file reminders, help you buy movie tickets, and a whole lot more. Interestingly, it doesn't appear to be a discrete app; instead, it appears tied to be baked right into Google-y gadgets, in what Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls "an ambient experience that extends across devices." Think of it as a supercharged version of Google Now, mixed with Amazon's Alexa.