Waymo has revealed a custom 5nm ASIC for its robotaxis, designed to process camera, lidar and radar data in real time as it scales its sixth-generation autonomous driving system.
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has left after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating machine learning and scientific research.
Alphabet's upcoming earnings will be closely watched for updates on AI spending, Google Cloud growth, Search performance and the returns from its AI investments.
Alphabet has forecast a sharp rise in capital spending in 2026 as it scales AI infrastructure, even as it remains guarded about details of key AI partnerships.
Alphabet has crossed a $4 trillion market valuation as Apple deepens its use of Google’s Gemini AI for next-generation intelligence features.
