3 problems with Google’s AI energy use data
“We’re not comfortable revealing that for various reasons,” Dean told me on our call. The total number is an abstract measure that changes over time,...
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The Download: Google’s AI energy use, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google’s still not...
The Download: Google’s AI energy expenditure, and handing over DNA data to the police
Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls in...
Google’s generative video model Veo 3 has a subtitles problem
Getting rid of them isn’t straightforward—or cheap. Users have been forced to resort to regenerating clips (which costs them more money), using external subtitle-removing tools,...
The Download: AI agents hype, and Google’s electricity plans
—Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company showed off...
Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing
Let’s start with fusion: Google’s deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems is intended to provide the tech giant with 200 megawatts of power. This will come...
Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work
“We haven’t designed or validated AlphaGenome for personal genome prediction, a known challenge for AI models,” Google said in a statement. Underlying the AI system...
Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful
Although the robot wasn’t perfect at following instructions, and the videos show it is quite slow and a little janky, the ability to adapt on...