Google's iOS app AI Test Kitchen quietly hits the Mac App Store

Although Macs with Apple Silicon chips can run most iOS applications, the vast majority of application developers are not interested in porting them. Google also expressed no interest in porting in 2020, but recently quietly launched the AI ​​Test Kitchen iPhone/iPad app on the Mac App Store.

AI Test Kitchen is an application developed by Google where people can learn about, and experience emerging AI technologies, and submit feedback. Google developed the app with the goal of learning, improving, and responsibly innovating artificial intelligence together. Similar to a real test kitchen, AI Test Kitchen will feature a rotating set of experimental demos. These are not finished products, but they are designed to allow you to experience the possibilities of artificial intelligence in a responsible manner.

AI Test Kitchen was unveiled at the I/O conference held in May this year, and in recent months, three new experiences provided by LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) have been added:

• Imagine It: Lets you name a place and provides a path to explore your imagination. With a "list it" presentation, you can share a goal or topic and LaMDA will break it down into a useful list of subtasks.

• Talk About It (Dogs Edition): You can have fun open-ended conversations with your dog, exploring LaMDA's ability to stay on the topic even when you try to veer off topic.

• List It: Name a goal or topic and see how LaMDA can break it down into a list of subtasks.

Mac users can now launch the app and take advantage of the iPad UI for full-screen operation. Currently, the app is only available in English for users in Australia, Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The appearance of AI Test Kitchen on the Mac App Store may be an isolated incident, and it is unclear whether Google will port more applications to the Mac App Store in the future.