{"id":1826544,"date":"2024-02-02T08:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1826544"},"modified":"2024-02-02T08:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:34:04","slug":"google-maps-is-adding-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/google-maps-is-adding-generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Is Adding Generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uh-oh. Generative AI is coming to Google Maps<\/a>. Google is using large-language models to give suggestions on where to go based on its vast horde of reviews, ratings and other contributor data. \u201cStarting in the U.S., this early access experiment launches this week to select Local Guides, who are some of the most active and passionate members of the Maps community. Their insights and valuable feedback will help us shape this feature so we can bring it to everyone over time.\u201d Other LLMs have a tendency to push out magnificently wrong answers; it\u2019ll be interesting to see what results Google will get with this specific set of data. (The chances of spectacularity are not zero.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uh-oh. Generative AI is coming to Google Maps. Google is using large-language models to give suggestions on where to go based on its vast horde of reviews, ratings and other contributor data. \u201cStarting in the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[1359,462,82,1651],"class_list":["post-1826544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-web-mapping","tag-ai","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-llm","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1838609,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/03\/online-maps-updates-late-march-2025-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":1826544,"position":0},"title":"Online Maps Updates, Late March 2025 Edition","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 March 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"An updated disclosure on Apple\u2019s website spotted by 9to5Mac says that imagery collected in support of the Look Around feature of Apple Maps (Apple\u2019s Street View equivalent) will also be used to train Apple\u2019s generative AI. 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