Google Maps is getting 'supercharged' with generative AI

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45 pointsmfiguiere3 comments

link to the actual google blog post: https://blog.google/products/maps/google-maps-generative-ai-...

Thanks! Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39219598 since that post has the original source.

Normally we don't change from a third-party report to a corporate blog post, especially if the third-party report gives extra background, but in this case the media article doesn't seem to add much info.

ugh they broke the flow I usually use to find something.

Google > type in name of thing > go to card on right click on map & that opens maps at the location of thing

You can see a postage stamp sized part of map like normal but it's just a picture not clickable

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