The world of Generative AI is evolving rapidly, and AI Agents are at the forefront of this change. An AI agent is a software system designed to act on your behalf. They show reasoning, planning, and memory and have a level of autonomy to make decisions, learn, and adapt. At its core, an AI agent […]
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Ryan welcomes Nic Benders to discuss the complexity and abstraction crisis in software development, the importance of going beyond observability into understandability, and demystifying AI’s opacity for understanding and control.
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Decision makers and builders today face a constant challenge: managing rising cloud costs while delivering the performance their customers demand. As applications evolve to use scale-out microservices and handle ever-growing data volumes, organizations need maximum efficiency from their underlying infrastructure to support their growing general-purpose workloads. To meet this need, we’re excited to announce our
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Today’s frontier models, including Google’s Gemini, Veo, Imagen, and Anthropic’s Claude train and serve on Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). For many organizations, the focus is shifting from training these models to powering useful, responsive interactions with them. Constantly shifting model architectures, the rise of agentic workflows, plus near-exponential growth in demand for compute, define this
Today, we are thrilled to announce C4A metal, our first bare metal instance running on Google Axion processors, available in preview soon. C4A metal is designed for specialized workloads that require direct hardware access and Arm®-native compatibility. Now, organizations running environments such as Android development, automotive simulation, CI/CD pipelines, security workloads, and custom hypervisors can
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As machine learning models continue to scale, a specialized, co-designed hardware and software stack is no longer optional, it’s critical. Ironwood, our latest generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), is the cutting-edge hardware behind advanced models like Gemini and Nano Banana, from massive-scale training to high-throughput, low-latency inference. This blog details the core components of Google’s
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If you’re a developer, you’ve seen generative AI everywhere. It can feel like a complex world of models and advanced concepts. It can be difficult to know where to actually start. The good news is that building your first AI-powered application is more accessible than you might imagine. You don’t need to be an AI expert
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How we feel about AI-generated content, what AI detectors tell us, and why human creativity matters. Also, what is art?
Editor’s note: Today we hear from Buildertrend, a leading provider of cloud-based construction management software. Since 2006, the platform has helped more than a million users globally simplify business management, track financials, and improve communication. To support this massive scale and their ambitious vision, they rely on a robust technology stack on Google Cloud, including,
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world – accelerating discovery, optimising systems, and unlocking new possibilities across every sector. But with its vast potential comes a shared responsibility. AI can be a powerful ally for transforming businesses and reducing cost. It can help organizations minimize carbon emissions, industries manage energy use, and scientists model complex climate
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