In the PaLM-SayCan project, Google is combining current robotics technology with advances in large language models. Advances in large-scale AI language models have so far mainly arrived in our digital lives, such as text translation, text and image generation, or behind the scenes, when tech platforms use language AI to moderate the content. In the PaLM-SayCan project, various Google divisions are now combining the company's most advanced large-scale speech model to date with an everyday robot that could one day help in the home – an assistant for the real world. But that will take a while yet. Google unveiled the giant AI language model PaLM in early April, crediting the model with "breakthrough capabilities" in language understanding and, specifically, reasoning. PaLM stands for "Pathways Language Model" – making it a building block in Google's grand Pathways AI strategy for next-generation AI that can efficiently handle thousands or millions of tasks.

Humans are forgetful; we need calendar reminders, notepads, schedules, and assistants. But the co-creator of Siri, Apple's digital assistant, says artificial intelligence technology could make forgetting an archaic problem of the past. Tom Gruber, the AI guru and Siri co-creator, believes that AI technology could help improve human's shortcomings. During the TED 2017 conference on Tuesday, Gruber said it is inevitable that once artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, the technology will be used to enhance human cognition and memory. "What if you could have a memory that was as good as computer memory and is about your life?" Gruber asked the audience, as Recode reports.