"But it's a laboratory, hidden away at the back of the campus behind some trees, that he is most excited for me to see. This is where the invention that Google believes is its secret weapon is being developed. Known as a Tensor Processing Unit (or TPU), it looks like an unassuming little chip but, says Mr Pichai, it will one day power every AI query that goes through Google. This makes it potentially one of the most important objects in the world economy"
""AI is the most profound technology humanity [has ever worked] on," he insists. "It has potential for extraordinary benefits - we will have to work through societal disruptions." But the confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it is a bubble at risk of bursting - as, if so, it may well be a spectacular burst akin to the dotcom crash at the start of the century, with consequences for us all."
Google's California headquarters includes a laboratory developing Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) intended to power AI queries across its systems. TPUs are presented as a compact but central piece of AI infrastructure with major economic significance. AI is characterized as a profoundly transformative technology with extraordinary potential benefits alongside likely societal disruptions. Financial authorities have warned of stretched market valuations and a possible sudden correction, and parts of the AI sector are described as bubbly. No company is regarded as immune to a potential market downturn, even as annual AI investment at Google has surged to over $90bn.
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