Google debuts new AI chips

The new hardware includes the TPU 8i for inference and the TPU 8t for model training, a split intended to optimize performance for complex enterprise tasks.

CEO Sundar Pichai announced the innovations at the Google Cloud Next conference, emphasizing the company's integrated approach from hardware to data centers.

Major partners like Meta and Anthropic are already utilizing the new TPUs to scale their AI infrastructure.

Google also unveiled the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, which allows businesses to build proactive AI agents for tasks like research and data entry.