DESCRIPTION
Aira's collaboration with Google DeepMind brings Astra, an advanced multimodal AI, into the hands of blind and low-vision users through the Aira Explorer app, pairing AI's instant scene analysis with trained human interpreters to deliver trustworthy, real-time visual assistance. Aira employees and Google DeepMind/Project Astra team members share the story behind the partnership and how this technology advances AI-driven visual interpretation, environmental awareness, and context understanding—all tailored with input from Aira users and interpreters for safety and accuracy.
Speakers
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Moderator: Troy Otillio,
Chief Executive Officer, Aira
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Everette Bacon,
Chief of Blindness Initiatives, Aira
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Geoffrey Peddle,
Chief Technology Officer, Aira
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Alistair Muldal,
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, Google
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Gregory Wayne,
Distinguished Scientist in Research at Google DeepMind, Google
