Google Cloud misconfiguration takes down Oz fund for a week
After a rare issue at Google Cloud, UniSuper faced an unprecedented outage, underscoring the importance of backup plans and cloud provider reliability. [ more ]
Google Enters the Lightweight AI Market With Gemma
Open-source smaller AI models like Gemma are accessible for experimentation in generating practical use cases.
Generative AI models are trending, but organizations find application challenging; Gemma opens up options for building custom bots with reduced workload. [ more ]
Hugging Face and Google Cloud Announce Collaboration for Open AI Initiative
Google Cloud and Hugging Face have formed a strategic alliance to advance machine learning and open AI research.
The partnership will integrate Hugging Face's platform with Google Cloud services, enhancing the accessibility and usefulness of generative AI for developers. [ more ]
Will Alphabet Be Worth More Than Microsoft by 2030? | The Motley Fool
Microsoft has surpassed Alphabet (formerly Google) in market value, with Microsoft valued at $3 trillion and Alphabet at $1.9 trillion.
Alphabet's core businesses, including Google's advertising and Google Cloud, have faced challenges in recent years due to competition and macroeconomic factors. [ more ]
Google Cloud will end data transfer fees for users who switch to other cloud providers.
EU Data Act regulations aim to reduce costs for businesses and administrations when they move their data and applications to a different cloud provider. [ more ]
Google Cloud will end data transfer fees for users who switch to other cloud providers.
EU Data Act regulations aim to reduce costs for businesses and administrations when they move their data and applications to a different cloud provider. [ more ]
Google Cloud will end data transfer fees for users who switch to other cloud providers.
EU Data Act regulations aim to reduce costs for businesses and administrations when they move their data and applications to a different cloud provider. [ more ]
Microsoft seeks electrical engineers for custom DC chips
As custom silicon plays an ever-larger role in the cloud, Microsoft is more and more openly gearing up to design its own homegrown datacenter-grade chips.It's long been rumored and whispered that the Windows giant is working on its own processors for servers as well as personal devices.Google and Amazon are doing the same for their clouds, and even Meta has impressive chips of its own.
Meta Announces AI Sandbox for Advertisers; Twitter Appoints New Chief
In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta announces a new AI tools for advertisers; Linda Yaccarino replaces Elon Musk as Twitter's CEO; and News Corp reports reduced revenue for Q1 2023.Meta doubles down on AI with sandbox As part of its renewed focus on AI, Meta has announced an AI Sandbox for advertisers to help them create new ads.
I'm Adding Alphabet Stock to My Watch List. Here's Why | The Motley Fool
After reaching an all-time high price of $149.84 in 2021 (taking into account the company's 20-for-1 stock split a year ago), Alphabet's stock has fallen by about 27%.The lower share price piqued my interest in the company, and upon researching more, I discovered numerous reasons to like Alphabet -- so much so that I've decided to keep the stock on my long-term watch list.
How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers | Computer Weekly
Goldman Sachs, Uber, Mercedes Benz, and Wayfair are utilizing Google Cloud's GenAI technologies for developing generative AI agents.
Google Cloud's GenAI systems such as Gemini and Vertex are being used by customers to create intelligent entities that help achieve specific goals. [ more ]
With Vertex AI Agent Builder, Google Cloud aims to simplify agent creation | TechCrunch
AI agents can do more than answering questions, they can take actions based on conversations and interact with systems.
Google introduced Vertex AI Agent Builder, allowing easy and quick construction of conversational agents, improving answers' quality using grounding and guiding. [ more ]
GitLab and Google Cloud Join Forces to Streamline Development and Enhance Security
GitLab announced integrations with Google Cloud to enhance developer experience and streamline workflows through pre-built components and infrastructure as code practices. [ more ]
Gemini Code Assist to Create APIs, Integrations, and Automation Flows in Public Preview
Google unveiled Gemini Code Assist at Cloud Next Conference for AI Code completion, specifically designed for enterprise users and capable of handling large amounts of data. [ more ]
Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor | TechCrunch
Google Cloud introduced its first custom Arm processor Axion, boasting better performance than competitors' instances.
Axion promises improved energy efficiency and performance compared to X86 instances, with technical documentation to be released later this year. [ more ]
Fast Food Giant Wendy's to Automate its Drive-Through With AI
Wendy's, the Ohio-based fast-food chain, has announced plans to deploy AI chatbots in its drive-through service according to The Wall Street Journal.The chatbots will be powered by NLP software developed by Google and trained to understand how customers order off the menu.The initiative is expected to streamline the ordering process and prevent long lines in the drive-through lanes from turning customers away, according to Todd Penegor, Wendy's Chief Executive.
Google Cloud Launches Security Command Center Enterprise
Security Command Center Enterprise integrates Mandiant expertise and Generative AI for proactive and simplified cloud security.
The solution bridges the gap between cloud security and enterprise security operations, enabling organizations to manage and prioritize cloud risk effectively. [ more ]
Google expands AI offerings with launch of Gemini Advanced
Google has launched Gemini Advanced, an update to its AI technology, as part of its efforts to integrate AI across its products and services.
Gemini Advanced, previously known as Bard, offers complex reasoning, coding, creative tasks, and personalized learning assistance in 40 languages. [ more ]
Microsoft, Alphabet both show a growing financial dependence on AI
Microsoft and Alphabet both exceeded analyst expectations for earnings per share and revenue, driven by their investments in AI.
Microsoft showed faster growth than expected in its Azure Cloud unit, which could be due to its relationship with OpenAI and the adoption of its generative AI assistant, Copilot. [ more ]
Google's Hugging Face deal puts 'supercomputer' power behind open-source AI
Google Cloud has partnered with AI model repository Hugging Face to provide developers access to its tensor processing units (TPU) and GPU supercomputers for building, training, and deploying AI models.
Hugging Face has over 350,000 models hosted on its platform and has raised $235 million in funding over the past year with the support of companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia. [ more ]
Victoria's Secret's new AI shopping partnership exposes new dangers, experts say
Victoria's Secret and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to enhance the online shopping experience for customers.
The deal will involve the use of Google's AI technology, including generative AI, to create personalized recommendations and a conversational assistant. [ more ]
Google unveils new set of AI-powered tools for retailers | MarTech
Google Cloud has announced new AI-powered tools for retailers, including chatbots, AI search, and customer service integration.
Consumers are interested in using AI in their shopping experiences, with 59% wanting to use AI applications and 80% of non-users wanting to try it. [ more ]
MadHive Is Going Shopping For Measurement Tech With $300 Million Investment From Goldman Sachs | AdExchanger
Connected TV is abuzz with growth.MadHive, the CTV ad buying platform, announced a $300 million investment from Goldman Sachs on Tuesday.This marks a massive influx of capital, more than twice the $125 million in revenue the company brought in last year.While it isn't disclosing its official valuation, it's "approaching $1 billion," company CEO Spencer Potts told AdExchanger.
Google unveils new set of AI-powered tools for retailers | MarTech
Google Cloud has announced new AI-powered tools for retailers, including chatbots, AI search, and customer service integration.
Consumers are interested in using AI in their shopping experiences, with 59% wanting to use AI applications and 80% of non-users wanting to try it. [ more ]
Google unveils new set of AI-powered tools for retailers | MarTech
Google Cloud has announced new AI-powered tools for retailers, including chatbots, AI search, and customer service integration.
Consumers are interested in using AI in their shopping experiences, with 59% wanting to use AI applications and 80% of non-users wanting to try it. [ more ]
Google Cloud has launched its Confidential Computing portfolio to help organizations keep data secure while processing it in the cloud.
The portfolio includes Confidential VMs and Confidential GKE Nodes, allowing organizations to run applications in the cloud while keeping their data protected from unauthorized access. [ more ]
Google's updated AI image generator looks stunningly powerful
Google has released Imagen 2, the second generation of its generative AI image generator and editor, offering significantly improved image quality and capabilities.
Imagen 2 can interpret longer, more descriptive prompts, generate text and abstract logos, and overlay letters and logos on existing images. [ more ]
Google's updated AI image generator looks stunningly powerful
Google has released Imagen 2, the second generation of its generative AI image generator and editor, offering significantly improved image quality and capabilities.
Imagen 2 can interpret longer, more descriptive prompts, generate text and abstract logos, and overlay letters and logos on existing images. [ more ]
Google's updated AI image generator looks stunningly powerful
Google has released Imagen 2, the second generation of its generative AI image generator and editor, offering significantly improved image quality and capabilities.
Imagen 2 can interpret longer, more descriptive prompts, generate text and abstract logos, and overlay letters and logos on existing images. [ more ]
CGI and Google Cloud join forces to support United Nations in climate change fight | Computer Weekly
IT consultancy CGI is partnering with Google Cloud to develop a platform for the United Nations to address climate change-related sustainability challenges.
The platform will utilize historical data sets and AI to help countries predict the impact of climate change and track progress towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
This collaboration will provide an accessible platform that simplifies complex data and allows users to make informed decisions regarding sustainability. [ more ]
Google AlloyDB Omni: PostgreSQL-Compatible Database for On-Premises and VMware Cloud Foundation
AlloyDB Omni, a downloadable version of the PostgreSQL-compatible database service AlloyDB, is now generally available on Google Cloud.
AlloyDB Omni is designed to run on-premises and offers support for generative AI, vector embeddings, and integrations with the Google Cloud AI ecosystem.
Google Cloud also announced the preview of the AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator, which simplifies database provisioning and observability in Kubernetes environments. [ more ]
Google AlloyDB Omni: PostgreSQL-Compatible Database for On-Premises and VMware Cloud Foundation
AlloyDB Omni, a downloadable version of the PostgreSQL-compatible database service AlloyDB, is now generally available on Google Cloud.
AlloyDB Omni is designed to run on-premises and offers support for generative AI, vector embeddings, and integrations with the Google Cloud AI ecosystem.
Google Cloud also announced the preview of the AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator, which simplifies database provisioning and observability in Kubernetes environments. [ more ]
AI performance monitoring from Datadog and Vertex AI| App Developer Magazine
Datadog has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, allowing Google Cloud customers to monitor and secure their cloud-native and hybrid applications within Datadog's platform.
Datadog is one of the first AI/ML observability solution partners for Vertex AI, enabling AI ops teams and developers to monitor and optimize the performance of their machine learning models in production. [ more ]
AI performance monitoring from Datadog and Vertex AI| App Developer Magazine
Datadog has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, allowing Google Cloud customers to monitor and secure their cloud-native and hybrid applications within Datadog's platform.
Datadog is one of the first AI/ML observability solution partners for Vertex AI, enabling AI ops teams and developers to monitor and optimize the performance of their machine learning models in production. [ more ]
AI performance monitoring from Datadog and Vertex AI| App Developer Magazine
Datadog has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, allowing Google Cloud customers to monitor and secure their cloud-native and hybrid applications within Datadog's platform.
Datadog is one of the first AI/ML observability solution partners for Vertex AI, enabling AI ops teams and developers to monitor and optimize the performance of their machine learning models in production. [ more ]
AWS' $13 billion India expansion shows why South Asia is next cloud hotspot
AWS' landmark investment to expand cloud infrastructure in India highlights a growing appetite among hyperscalers in this growing marketplace.The firm revealed this week that it will invest $12.7 billion in expanding data center infrastructure in the region in an apparent move to capitalize on recent growth in the India cloud space.
Snowflake in Talks to Buy Search Startup Neeva in AI Push
Database software provider Snowflake has been in advanced talks to acquire Neeva, a search startup founded by former top Google ad tech executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions.Buying Neeva could help Snowflake offer artificial intelligence software that helps companies search for information in internal documents and data, according to people who do business with Snowflake.
Generative AI Makes DevOps Presence Known - Amazic
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms will soon become widely integrated across DevOps workflows in way that will enable developers to build more secure code faster while at the same time making it simpler for software engineers to maintain large code bases.'The latest example of generative AI being applied to DevOps comes from Google, which is previewing Duet AI for Google Cloud.
Google Previews Generative AI Service to Improve Code
By: Mike Vizard on Google is previewing an instance of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service that surfaces code recommendations to make it possible to build high-quality applications faster.Specifically, Duet AI for Google Cloud surfaces code recommendations in real-time, generates full functions and code blocks and suggests fixes for vulnerabilities and errors in the code that it discovers.
How Google's New AI Search Engine Will Help Users 'Get Things Done More Easily' | Man of Many
In an effort to stay on the cutting edge (and also maintain its monopoly in the search engine space), Google is unleashing the power of AI and is integrating its search results with generative artificial intelligence technology similar to one found in the incredibly viral OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot.During its recently held annual I/O conference, the tech giant unveiled its ambitious plans to leverage AI across all of its products, including its widely used and proficient search engine.