Developed by Samsung Research, Gauss (named after mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss) powers various artificial intelligence technologies in the devices of all Samsung products. It will have some different facets, but it will do many of the same things we’ve seen in other generative ai (GAI) models.
Gauss Language will handle tasks like translations and document summaries, while Gauss Code is a coding assistant. There’s also Samsung Gauss Image for all your imaging needs. The latter can create images based on prompts and handle edits such as style changes and additions. You will also be able to enhance low resolution images.
Gauss, the human, in the 19th century formed the theory of the normal distribution, an important component of what became machine learning and artificial intelligence. Generating an image of a cat typing on a desk is what I would have wanted, I’m sure.
It’s easy to be cynical about Samsung’s efforts here, as the company tends to forge its own path for the sake of innovation. He created his own voice assistant, Bixby. It was present on its devices for a few years as a flagship feature, and the company even dedicated hardware buttons on some of its Galaxy S phones to launch the voice assistant. (There were only four buttons on the Galaxy S9, Samsung and one was for Bixby?!)
But there’s a reasoning: Running generative ai features on the device could give Samsung an advantage over ChatGPT, which, for now, requires cloud connectivity. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset supports GAI operations on the device and will likely be part of next year’s Galaxy S24 phones.
Samsung is already teasing Galaxy ai in its inbound translation feature, shown here.
-Mat Smith
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