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Google Cloud rolls out self-designed Arm chips in its data centers

Google Cloud is introducing custom Arm-based CPUs named 'Google Axion Processors' designed for data centers.

The new 'Axion' chip promises 50% better performance and up to 60% better energy efficiency than current x86-based instances. [ more ]

TechCrunch

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 ]

InfoQ

3 weeks ago

Google Cloud Run Volume Mounts in Preview: Easier Access to Files in Containers

Google announced volume mounts in Cloud Run for better access to shared data storage solutions.

Volume mounts streamline accessing Cloud Storage buckets, NFS shares, and improve file system semantics in Cloud Run. [ more ]

InfoQ

Google Introduces Firestore Multiple Databases

Firestore Multiple Databases now support multiple regions and database modes within a single project.

Granular security control and cost tracking per database are key benefits of Firestore's Multiple Databases feature. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Google's first Africa cloud region now operational | TechCrunch

Google's cloud region in South Africa is now operational, providing users with access to cloud resources and services.

The Johannesburg region will play an important role in helping businesses scale, innovate, and compete globally. [ more ]

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TechCrunch

1 week ago

Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next | TechCrunch

There was barely a mention of core cloud tech. [ more ]

Theregister

Google Cloud chief is really psyched about this AI thing

Google Cloud achieved a $36 billion annual run rate, a significant growth over five years.

Google Cloud emphasizes AI investments as a key driver for its progress and competitive edge. [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Google Cloud puts AI at centre of data analytics plans | Computer Weekly

AI plays a crucial role in enterprise data value unlocking.

Combining AI with traditional tools enhances analysis speed and volume. [ more ]

TechRepublic

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 ]

InfoQ

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 ]

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ComputerWeekly.com

1 week ago

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 ]

The Motley Fool

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.

ComputerWeekly.com

Google Cloud and SAP in enterprise open data push | Computer Weekly

Google Cloud and SAP want to make it easier for enterprises to view their entire business data estates in real-time through the roll-out of a jointly created open data offering.The two companies are long-standing technology collaborators, with Google Cloud specifically working with numerous enterprises to help migrate their on-premise SAP business application and data estates to its public cloud datacentres.

AdExchanger

Ad Tech Should Have Its Head In The Clouds | AdExchanger

Myles Younger will be speaking at AdExchanger's Programmatic IO conference on May 16-17 in Las Vegas.Click here to register.Ad tech and cloud tech are converging.It's an inevitable trend, says Myles Younger, head of innovation and insights at U of Digital, speaking on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.

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Alphabet Just Gave Investors 191 Million Reasons to Buy Its Stock | The Motley Fool

This wasn't supposed to happen.Given the weakness in the advertising market, Alphabet wasn't supposed to have a strong first quarter.But it did.And now, after many investors had lost interest in the tech giant because it looked to be trailing in the artificial intelligence (AI) race, some may be reconsidering.

TipRanks Financial

Marketing

UK Stocks: WPP Shares Rally on Partnership with Google Cloud - TipRanks.com

WPP PLC shares surged over 3% after announcing a partnership with Google Cloud to enhance marketing solutions.

The Google-WPP partnership aims to combine AI expertise to revolutionize marketing campaigns and enhance content optimization. [ more ]

Exchangewire

WPP Partners With Google Cloud; Google Unveils Arm-Based Central Processing Unit; Vevo Introduces Shoppable Ad Formats

Google Cloud partners with WPP to integrate AI models for enhanced marketing efforts.

Google introduces new updates to its cloud services, including an Arm-based CPU named Axion.

Vevo collaborates with KERV Interactive to introduce shoppable ad formats with dynamic second-screen technology. [ more ]

TechRepublic

Google Cloud Next 2024: New Data Center Chip Joins Ecosystem

Google Cloud announced Chrome Enterprise Premium with enhanced security controls.

Google will introduce Axion, its first Arm-based CPU, for improved performance in data centers. [ more ]

TechCrunch

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 ]

Theregister

Stack Overflow to charge LLM developers for its content

Stack Overflow API requires attribution for AI models using its data

Google Cloud partnering with Stack Overflow for AI capabilities [ more ]

ReadWrite

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 ]

The Verge

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 ]

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TechCrunch

Google bets on partners to run their own sovereign Google Clouds | TechCrunch

Major cloud providers are focusing on data sovereignty with the introduction of sovereign cloud solutions tied to specific regions or countries.

Google Cloud is emphasizing partnerships to offer sovereign cloud solutions while renewing its focus on data sovereignty. [ more ]

Iapp

Google Cloud to end data transfer fees

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 ]

Iapp

Google Cloud to end data transfer fees

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 ]

Iapp

Google Cloud to end data transfer fees

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 ]

TechCrunch

Google says it'll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud | TechCrunch

Google will no longer charge customers a fee to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premise datacenter.

Google's move comes after criticism from regulators and smaller public cloud providers over cloud egress fees. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Google says it'll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud | TechCrunch

Google will no longer charge customers a fee to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premise datacenter.

Google's move comes after criticism from regulators and smaller public cloud providers over cloud egress fees. [ more ]

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TechCrunch

Google's Gemini comes to databases | TechCrunch

Gemini in Databases simplifies the database journey for Google Cloud customers through AI-powered tools.

Features like Database Studio, AI-assisted migrations, and Database Center enhance database creation, management, and migration. [ more ]

TipRanks Financial

3 weeks ago

Alphabet Inc.: Hold Rating Affirmed Amidst Growth, Regulatory Concerns, and Economic Uncertainty - TipRanks.com

Brian White maintains neutral rating on Alphabet stock due to challenges and uncertainties.

Google Cloud shows revenue growth but White remains cautious on Alphabet stock. [ more ]

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Broadcom shakes up VMware licensing structure in collaboration with Google Cloud

License portability between VMware and Google Cloud

Customers can bring their existing VMware licenses to Google Cloud [ more ]

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Google Cloud Joins Flare Network Causing FLR Jump Blockchain Bitcoin News

Google Cloud joins Flare as a network validator and infrastructure provider.

FLR surges in response to Google Cloud's entry into the blockchain infrastructure industry. [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Google Cloud abolishes data egress fees for global customer base | Computer Weekly

Google will no longer charge fees for transferring data out of its cloud when switching to a new provider.

The move is part of Google's commitment to supporting an open and interoperable cloud ecosystem. [ more ]

Coindesk

Google Cloud Joins Flare Network as Validator, FLR Jumps 5%

Google Cloud joins Flare blockchain as a validator and infrastructure provider.

Flare gives developers access to decentralized data via its Oracle system. [ more ]

Data science

Medium

3 weeks ago

Data science

Navigating the Challenges of LLMs in Big Data Analytics with Google Cloud

LLMs offer unique opportunities in big data analytics

Choosing between open-source and commercial LLMs involves trade-offs in flexibility, cost, and security [ more ]

Medium

Data science

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.

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Privacy professionals

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 ]

The Motley Fool

The Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy in 2024, According to Certain Wall Street Analysts -- No, It's Not Nvidia | The Motley Fool

Alphabet is well-positioned in generative AI

Diversifying investments in a basket of AI stocks is prudent [ more ]

Yahoo Finance

2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy and Hold for Decades

Alphabet has been an AI pioneer, incorporating AI into its products and services since 2001.

Google Cloud's growth now outpaces Google Advertising, which should accelerate AI development across the enterprise. [ more ]

Ars Technica

Google earnings: 100 million Google One subscribers, Google Cloud profits

Google One has almost 100 million subscribers and Google's subscription business is generating $5 billion in annual revenue.

Google Cloud recorded its first profit in 2023 with $864 million in Q4. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

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 ]

The Motley Fool

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 ]

The Motley Fool

Is It Too Late to Buy Alphabet Stock? | The Motley Fool

Investors have doubts about Alphabet's AI capabilities due to competition from ChatGPT.

Google DeepMind's release of Gemini, its advanced generative AI model, could convince investors of Alphabet's AI strength. [ more ]

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Business

Alphabet's stock falls as advertising revenue falls short of Wall Street's targets - SiliconANGLE

Shares of Alphabet Inc. fell over 5% in after-hours trading due to missing expectations on advertising revenue.

Alphabet reported strong Q4 earnings with revenue growth of 13% and net income increase of 52% compared to the previous year. [ more ]

Fox Business

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 ]

GSMArena.com

Samsung reveals Galaxy AI is powered by Google Cloud

Samsung debuts its Galaxy AI service on the Galaxy S24 smartphones, powered by Google Cloud.

Gemini Pro will provide features including security, safety, privacy, and data compliance. [ more ]

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Google Cloud Joins Flare Network Causing FLR Jump Blockchain Bitcoin News

Google Cloud joins Flare as a network validator and infrastructure provider.

FLR surges in response to Google Cloud's entry into the blockchain infrastructure industry. [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Google Cloud abolishes data egress fees for global customer base | Computer Weekly

Google will no longer charge fees for transferring data out of its cloud when switching to a new provider.

The move is part of Google's commitment to supporting an open and interoperable cloud ecosystem. [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Google Cloud abolishes data egress fees for global customer base | Computer Weekly

Google will no longer charge fees for transferring data out of its cloud when switching to a new provider.

The move is part of Google's commitment to supporting an open and interoperable cloud ecosystem. [ more ]

InfoQ

Google Eliminates Exit Fees and Advocates Against Restrictive Cloud Licensing

Google is eliminating exit fees for customers who wish to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on premises.

The company is calling for a renewed focus on anticompetitive licensing practices that create lock-in for customers. [ more ]

InfoQ

Google Eliminates Exit Fees and Advocates Against Restrictive Cloud Licensing

Google is eliminating exit fees for customers who wish to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on premises.

The company is calling for a renewed focus on anticompetitive licensing practices that create lock-in for customers. [ more ]

InfoQ

Google Eliminates Exit Fees and Advocates Against Restrictive Cloud Licensing

Google is eliminating exit fees for customers who wish to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on premises.

The company is calling for a renewed focus on anticompetitive licensing practices that create lock-in for customers. [ more ]

MarTech

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 ]

AdExchanger

10 months ago

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.

Exchangewire

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.

Exchangewire

Digital Turbine Expands Partnership with Google Cloud to Deliver Frictionless App Install to Developers

Today (May 9th, 2023), Digital Turbine announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud to deliver DT's SingleTap technology to app developers, revolutionising the app install experience.Now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, SingleTap gives Google Cloud customers a simplified solution to reach more users by enabling frictionless app installs from any mobile ad placement.

AdExchanger

Cadent To Acquire EMX's SSP Tech In Bankruptcy Auction | AdExchanger

Advanced TV ad platform Cadent is in the process of acquiring EMX by Big Village's SSP technology in a bankruptcy auction.Cadent confirmed that it is pursuing the acquisition in a statement provided to AdExchanger."We can confirm Cadent was the highest bidder of Big Village's ENGINE Media Exchange (EMX) and are currently going through the court process," the statement read.

MarTech

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 ]

MarTech

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 ]

Cloud Pro

Google Cloud just waived data transfer fees for customers, and took a big swipe at Microsoft in the process

Google Cloud customers can now transfer their data without incurring any egress fees and switch providers easily.

However, customers seeking a multi-cloud approach may face challenges due to different network protocols and vendor lock-in. [ more ]

Nextgov.com

Google Cloud eliminates 'exit fees' for departing customers

Google Cloud is eliminating exit fees for customers who leave for competing cloud service providers.

The elimination of exit fees is an attempt to disrupt industry practices in data portability and licensing. [ more ]

Theregister

Google says it'll waive egress fees customers ditching GCP

Google is waiving data migration fees for customers leaving its public cloud, but only if they meet certain criteria.

The program is specifically for those permanently leaving Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and requires approval from Google's support team. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Google says it'll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud | TechCrunch

Google will no longer charge customers a fee to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premise datacenter.

Google's move comes after criticism from regulators and smaller public cloud providers over cloud egress fees. [ more ]

Nextgov.com

Google Cloud eliminates 'exit fees' for departing customers

Google Cloud is eliminating exit fees for customers who leave for competing cloud service providers.

The elimination of exit fees is an attempt to disrupt industry practices in data portability and licensing. [ more ]

Nextgov.com

Google Cloud eliminates 'exit fees' for departing customers

Google Cloud is eliminating exit fees for customers who leave for competing cloud service providers.

The elimination of exit fees is an attempt to disrupt industry practices in data portability and licensing. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Google Cloud rolls out new gen AI products for retailers | TechCrunch

Google Cloud unveils new gen AI products for retail

Includes Conversational Commerce Solution and Catalog and Content Enrichment toolset [ more ]

Iapp

Iceland DPA issues ISK12.8M in edtech fines

Icelandic municipalities fined for data processing violations at primary schools

PersÃ³nuvernd fined five municipalities a combined ISK12.8 million over alleged data processing violations [ more ]

Bloomberg

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Bloomberg

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 ]

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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 ]

Creative Bloq

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 ]

Creative Bloq

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 ]

The Motley Fool

Prediction: This Will Be the Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Own in 2024 | The Motley Fool

2024 is expected to be a big year for AI stocks, with many innovations yet to be fully realized.

Alphabet is predicted to have a strong 2024, with its primary business of advertising rebounding and its AI initiatives gaining momentum. [ more ]

TipRanks Financial

Alphabet Stock (NASDAQ:GOOGL): Winning Streak Likely to Continue in 2024 - TipRanks.com

Alphabet's stock has risen 51.5% YTD, outperforming the tech-led Nasdaq Index.

Google Cloud's revenue grew 22.5% YoY, but adds just 11% to Alphabet's top line in Q3. [ more ]

Mail Online

McDonald's reveals plans to use AI to produce 'hotter, fresher food'

McDonald's partners with Google Cloud to implement AI in the kitchen for improved efficiency

AI tools will be used to monitor equipment performance and reduce business disruptions [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

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 ]

App Developer Magazine

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 ]

App Developer Magazine

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.

App Developer Magazine

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.

The Verge

Spotify's podcast and audiobook discovery will get a boost from Google Cloud's AI

Spotify is using Google Cloud's AI tools to enhance content discovery and personalized recommendations for podcasts and audiobooks.

Google Cloud's LLMs will be used to analyze and augment the metadata of Spotify's 5 million podcasts and 350,000 audiobooks.

Improving the identification of harmful content and providing better-tailored recommendations are key goals of the partnership. [ more ]

Analytics India Magazine

Google Cloud Runs Ad on Sphere during AWS re:Invent at Las Vegas

Google Cloud advertised on Vegas Sphere during AWS Re:Invent.

The AWS Re:Invent event is happening in Las Vegas, Nevada, from November 27 to December 1, 2023. [ more ]

InfoQ

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 ]

InfoQ

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 ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push | Computer Weekly

Spotify is partnering with Google Cloud to explore how AI and machine learning tools can enhance the user experience on its platform.

Spotify is looking to use Google Cloud's expertise in large language models (LLMs) to improve content discovery and recommendations for its users.

Spotify has been investing in its own machine learning platform hosted on Google Cloud to deliver personalized playlists. [ more ]

ComputerWeekly.com

Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push | Computer Weekly

Spotify is partnering with Google Cloud to explore how AI and machine learning tools can enhance the user experience on its platform.

Spotify is looking to use Google Cloud's expertise in large language models (LLMs) to improve content discovery and recommendations for its users.

Spotify has been investing in its own machine learning platform hosted on Google Cloud to deliver personalized playlists. [ more ]

The Verge

Spotify's podcast and audiobook discovery will get a boost from Google Cloud's AI

Spotify is using Google Cloud's AI tools to enhance content discovery and personalized recommendations for podcasts and audiobooks.

Google Cloud's LLMs will be used to analyze and augment the metadata of Spotify's 5 million podcasts and 350,000 audiobooks.

Improving the identification of harmful content and providing better-tailored recommendations are key goals of the partnership. [ more ]

Theregister

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.

Cloud Pro

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.

The Information

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.

Amazic

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.

DevOps.com

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.

Man of Many

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.

Cloud Pro

'Big three' cloud providers face business overhaul to continue EU operations

New EU cloud security labeling proposals could force the three major cloud providers to overhaul their business practices in order to continue operating in the region, according to reports.Draft documents, not yet officially presented to the public, in their current wording suggest providers will be required to engage in a joint venture with an EU-based firm.

Futurism

Wendy's Installing Drive-Thru AI Chatbot That Takes Your Order

Fries With That?Wendy's is the latest fast food chain to get in on the AI craze.The company has announced that it will let an AI chatbot take customer orders at the drive-thru window.The Wall Street Journal reports that the Ohio-based company will be introducing an AI chatbot, developed by Google's cloud-computing division, to one of its Columbus locations as it tests out whether the technology can help "streamline" its business.

Theregister