Google Cloud Next: Gemini & Agentic AI Updates
Google Cloud Next unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash, AI Workspace tools, and Agentic AI advancements, emphasizing AI's pivotal role in Google's innovation strategy and practical applications.
Google Cloud Next unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash, AI Workspace tools, and Agentic AI advancements, emphasizing AI's pivotal role in Google's innovation strategy and practical applications.
Google's Ironwood TPU marks a quantum leap in AI compute, surpassing supercomputers in inference tasks. It powers advanced models like Gemini and facilitates AI agent collaboration, ushering in a new 'Inference Era'.
Google's Ironwood TPU redefines AI computing with its exceptional performance and optimization for inference, driving innovation and enabling collaborative intelligence through A2A and MCP protocols. It unlocks new possibilities for complex AI models and transform industries worldwide.
Explore Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting LLMs with external data, its benefits for AI development, and crucial security considerations for Agentic applications.
Explore multi-agent AI systems in NVIDIA's workshop with AIM. Learn practical skills for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex agentic AI workflows. Gain hands-on experience with NVIDIA tools for the next wave of AI automation and problem-solving. Led by expert Shreyans Dhankhar.
AI is maturing rapidly, becoming more efficient and widely adopted, per Stanford HAI's AI Index Report. While smaller models and lower costs democratize access, challenges like misuse, ethical concerns, and global competition (especially from China) are rising. Understanding these dynamics is key.
Amazon introduces Nova Act, empowering developers to build AI agents for web automation. This initiative challenges rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the race for autonomous web task execution. Despite hurdles like reliability and security, these agents promise to redefine digital interaction, fitting into Amazon's broader AI ambitions.
French AI startup Mistral AI secures a €100 million, five-year contract with shipping giant CMA CGM. The deal aims to integrate bespoke AI models and agents into CMA CGM's logistics and media operations, marking a significant investment in European AI innovation and potentially reshaping industry dynamics.
Amazon is testing 'Buy for Me', an AI agent designed to purchase items from external websites directly through the Amazon app. This feature aims to create a universal shopping experience, using stored user data to complete checkouts on third-party sites, potentially reshaping e-commerce but raising trust and logistical questions.
Amazon is strategically refocusing its Alexa Fund beyond voice assistance. The venture arm now targets broader AI innovations, including generative media, robotics, next-gen architectures, specialized agents, and mobile AI experiences. This pivot aligns with Amazon's wider AI ambitions, including its 'Nova' foundation models, aiming to foster technologies across its diverse ecosystem.