Alphabet prépare un financement géant de 80 milliards de dollars pour l’IA
Alphabet plans to raise up to $80 billion to strengthen its AI infrastructure amid global competition.
AI research lab founded in London in 2010, acquired by Google in 2014. It is behind landmark models such as AlphaFold, which predicted the structure of millions of proteins.
Alphabet plans to raise up to $80 billion to strengthen its AI infrastructure amid global competition.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invests $10 billion in Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout. Alphabet raises $80 billion to scale AI capacity, with capital expenditures expected to reach $190 billion in 2026.
Alphabet announces an $80 billion equity capital raise to expand AI infrastructure and compute capacity. This massive injection aims to support AI services growth and strengthen the group's competitive position against other tech giants.
Google rolls out an update to Google Drive's scanner on Android with three new AI-powered features for document scanning. Older Android devices may lack compatibility with these new capabilities.
Workday and Google Cloud strengthen their partnership by integrating AI agents into HR and finance workflows. The agents automate repetitive tasks and improve decision-making in these critical areas.
NVIDIA releases Cosmos 3, an open omni-model for physical AI that reasons and acts. The model processes video, text, and images to understand real-world physics and generate robotic actions.
Google is developing autonomous AI agents with Remy and Gemini Spark, replacing passive chatbots with tools capable of independent actions and increased productivity.
Google Cloud launches 'AI Threat Defense', a platform automating detection, assessment, and patching of security flaws in enterprise systems. It integrates technologies from acquisitions.
DuckDuckGo saw 28% more visits after Google promoted its AI mode. Google's statement about AI adoption apparently prompted users to explore alternative search engines.
Google launches Daily Brief, an AI agent that anticipates user needs by planning their day. The tool analyzes personal data to proactively suggest actions before the user requests them.
Google, Google.org and UNICEF launch a three-year partnership to integrate AI into educational systems in four countries.
Google DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus autonomously solved nine open Erdős problems, including two unsolved for 56 years, for a few hundred dollars per problem. The system uses the Lean compiler to automatically verify each proof step, with a 2.5% success rate.
Demis Hassabis (DeepMind) claims humanity is "standing in the foothills of the singularity," while Yann LeCun argues current AI systems aren't genuinely intelligent. Oriol Vinyals (Gemini co-lead) takes a middle position: today's models would have looked like AGI seven years ago, but they still can't learn from experience or produce real breakthroughs.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai reframes links as a "part" of search rather than its foundation. Google is pivoting from traffic distributor to AI publisher, keeping users within its ecosystem and exercising editorial power over source selection.
TimesFM is a pretrained foundation model developed by Google Research for time-series forecasting. The GitHub repository provides an open-source implementation of this specialized model.
Google DeepMind launches an Accelerator program in Asia Pacific to develop AI solutions addressing environmental risks. The initiative provides funding, technical expertise, and Google Cloud access to local startups and researchers.
Google tests how websites handle AI agents through a new experimental 'Agentic Browsing' category in its Lighthouse analysis tool. The test includes checking for llms.txt file presence.
Google AI Studio is now available for pre-order on the App Store for iPhone. The app gives iOS users access to Google's AI tools.
Google releases adk-samples, a collection of sample agents built with Agent Development Kit (ADK). Open-source repository to explore agent development capabilities.
Unofficial Python API for Google NotebookLM providing full programmatic access to features, including those not exposed in web UI. Supports CLI and integration with AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw).
Google officially announces ads will be integrated into AI Mode search results. This monetization of generative search responses marks a strategic shift for the tech giant amid competition from chatbots.
Google launches Ask YouTube and Ask Maps, conversational AI-powered search tools. These features gradually replace traditional keyword-based search with AI-generated answers.
Google AI Studio enables creating an Android app in natural language within minutes, eliminating the need for traditional coding.
Google AI Studio now generates native Android apps from prompts in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, testable in a browser emulator. For simple utility apps like trackers and checklists, the Play Store could become less relevant. Apple blocks AI-generated apps.
Google announces its largest search engine overhaul in 25 years, integrating AI agents and 24/7 search capabilities. The iconic search bar evolves with a new fundamental philosophy.
Google DeepMind integrates its Genie 3 world model with Street View data: users drop a pin on a map and explore an AI-generated world based on a real place. Street View becomes a strategic training resource for AI agents and robots.
Singapore invests over 300 million Singapore dollars in AI agents, attracting OpenAI and Google. The city-state strengthens its position in this strategic sector.
Google and Xreal unveil at Google I/O 2026 the « Project Aura », XR glasses capable of generating music through hand gesture recognition. The project combines extended reality and audio generation.
Google is developing autonomous AI agents capable of monitoring the web to find deals on real estate and weekend trips on behalf of users. These agents perform automated searches without human intervention.
Google and Blackstone form joint venture for AI cloud platform with custom chips. Goal: provide proprietary AI infrastructure to enterprises, reduce vendor lock-in, and monetize computing capacity.
Blackstone and Google partner to build a new cloud infrastructure dedicated to TPUs (Tensor Processing Units). This investment aims to accelerate AI computing capabilities, offering an alternative to traditional GPUs for model training and inference.
Empirical study on the impact of Google AI Overviews on Reddit. Using identification strategy based on moderation policy (SFW vs NSFW communities), authors find AI Overviews increase engagement in SFW communities by +12% (comments) and +12.3% (users), but only for experience-based content. Introduction of Google AI Mode eliminates these gains.
Google's internal AI researchers compete for access to the company's computing resources. Demand for compute exceeds available supply, creating bottlenecks for research projects.
Google DeepMind uses Co-Scientist, an AI agent, to identify genetic factors that successfully rejuvenate human cells. Researchers discovered novel genes involved in cellular aging processes.
Google DeepMind expands access to Google AI Ultra subscribers globally and introduces a new capability powered by Street View to simulate real-world places.
Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Omni, a multimodal model processing text, audio, video, and images as native inputs and outputs. The model delivers ultra-low latency and improved performance on reasoning and vision benchmarks.
Google DeepMind releases Gemini for Science, a suite of AI tools and experiments designed to accelerate scientific research by expanding the scale and precision of scientific exploration.
Google DeepMind partners with Singapore to deploy frontier AI addressing health, education, and sustainability challenges. National partnership to tackle complex problems.
Clare Bryant uses Co-Scientist, a Google DeepMind AI tool, to identify genetic triggers in emerging infectious diseases. The approach combines computational analysis with biological expertise to accelerate discovery of molecular mechanisms.
Calico Life Sciences uses Co-Scientist, a Google DeepMind AI tool, to connect scattered findings and generate new leads in aging research.