Google Cloud Debuts New AI Chips, Tools for Building Agents

Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud division unveiled the latest generation of its tensor processing unit, or TPU, a homegrown chip that’s designed to make AI computing services faster and more efficient.

The new lineup will come in two versions, the company said Wednesday at its Google Cloud Next event, where it also announced a $750 million fund to help boost corporate AI adoption and showed off tools for building AI agents. The TPU 8t is tailored for creating artificial intelligence software, while the TPU 8i is designed to run AI services after they’ve been created — a stage known as ...