Cloud Computing

Taming the stragglers: Maximize AI training performance with automated straggler detection

Stragglers are an industry-wide issue for developers working with large-scale machine learning workloads. The larger and more powerful these systems become, the more their performance is hostage to the subtle misbehavior of a single component. Training the next-generation large-scale models requires a new class of supercomputer, built by interconnecting tens of thousands of powerful accelerators. […]

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Run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss model at scale with Google Kubernetes Engine

It’s exciting to see OpenAI contribute to the open ecosystem with the release of their new open weights model, gpt-oss. In keeping with our commitment to provide the best platform for open AI innovation, we’re announcing immediate support for deploying gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). To help customers make informed decisions while

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Boosting defenders with AI: What’s coming at Security Summit 2025

While AI can help empower defenders, it can also create new security challenges. Those two critical, interconnected themes are driving our announcements and presentations for this year’s Google Cloud Security Summit. Join us live for Security Summit 2025 on August 19 to learn about the latest advancements in AI-powered security to strengthen your defenses and

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How Yahoo Calendar broke free from hardware queues and DBA bottlenecks

Editor’s note: Yahoo Mail is in the midst of one of its largest infrastructure transformations to date: a multi-year effort to modernize hundreds of petabytes of services by moving to Google Cloud.The Yahoo Mail migration – a high-scale always-on workload – began with Yahoo Calendar, a product that is an essential part of the experience

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Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

For the eighth consecutive year, Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, and this year Google is also now ranked the highest for completeness of vision. Download the complimentary 2025 Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services. How do we keep getting recognized year over year?

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Looker debuts MCP Server to broaden AI developer access to data

As companies integrate AI into their workflows, connecting new tools to their existing data while ensuring consistent security and accuracy becomes increasingly important. We’re introducing Looker Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, an integration in the MCP Toolbox for Databases. This allows AI applications such as chatbots and custom agents to connect to trusted data from

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