Google Cloud Next ’25 Announces Breakthrough AI Chips and Agent Tools

April 9, 2025, 9:20 am

At Google Cloud Next ’25, Google unveiled a comprehensive suite of AI and cloud service innovations. The event showcased the new Ironwood TPU chip, delivering unprecedented compute power, alongside Gemini 2.5 thinking models. Additionally, Google introduced an Agent Development Kit, an AI-enhanced SQL engine, a unified security platform, and the Agent2Agent interoperability protocol. These announcements are set to redefine enterprise operations and cross-platform communications, positioning Google to more fiercely compete in the dynamic cloud technology arena.

theregister.com / Google offers 7th-gen Ironwood TPUs for AI, with AI-inspired comparisons

Sure, we're doing FP8 versus a supercomputer's FP64. What of it? Cloud Next Google's seventh-generation Tensor Processing Units (TPU), announced Wednesday, will soon be available to cloud customers to rent in pods of 256 or 9,216 chips.…

techinasia.com / Google unveils new Gemini AI model for real-time tasks

Gemini 2.5 Flash allows developers to adjust processing times based on query complexity for efficiency.

techcrunch.com / Google says it’ll embrace Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

Google is following OpenAI by adding support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol to its Gemini system, as announced by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

bleepingcomputer.com / Google takes on Cursor with Firebase Studio, its AI builder for vibe coding

Google has quietly launched Firebase Studio, which is a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment that lets you build full-fledged apps using prompts. [...]

arstechnica.com / Google announces faster, more efficient Gemini 2.5 AI model

Gemini 2.5 is starting to move beyond its experimental phase.

theverge.com / Gemini can now turn your Google Docs into podcasts

Google is adding Gemini features to Workspace apps, including AI podcasts in Google Docs that discuss key points of your document, similar to NotebookLM.

techcrunch.com / Ilya Sutskever taps Google Cloud to power his AI startup’s research

Safe Superintelligence, founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, is partnering with Google Cloud to use its TPU chips for faster AI research and development.

bgr.com / Google adds even more Gemini features to Workspace

Google continues to make a bold bet on just how much we’ll use AI in the workplace. The tech giant says it will bring a … The post Google adds even more Gemini features to Workspace appeared first on BGR.

the-decoder.com / Google unveils new AI models, infrastructure, and agent protocol at Cloud Next

At its annual Cloud Next conference, Google introduced a range of new AI technologies. Here's an overview of its most important AI announcements. The article Google unveils new AI models, infrastructure, and agent protocol at Cloud Next appeared first on THE DECODER.

androidheadlines.com / Reddit Answers gets Google’s Gemini integration to serve better results

The post Reddit Answers gets Google’s Gemini integration to serve better results appeared first on Android Headlines.

cnet.com / Everything Announced at Google Cloud Next video

Dynamic Google Cloud Keynote supercut showcases AI breakthroughs driving global business growth and efficiency, with exclusive insights from industry leaders and strategies for overcoming real-world challenges using cutting-edge technology.

venturebeat.com / Google launches Gemini in Android Studio for Businesses, making it easier for devs to design work apps

Apple remains the dominant smartphone maker in the U.S., but Google's Android is favored by businesses for its flexibility and lower price, powering 60% of corporate devices per a Stratix survey. Google now aims to build on this with its Gemini initiative.

theverge.com / You can now give Google’s AI video model camera directions

Google is enhancing its Veo 2 video AI for cinematic effects and footage editing, now previewable on Google Cloud's Vertex AI. Updates also improve its Imagen 3 text-to-image generator and audio AI models.

androidheadlines.com / Google introduces a new way to analyze geospatial data using AI

The post Google introduces a new way to analyze geospatial data using AI appeared first on Android Headlines.

winbuzzer.com / Google’s New Gemini 2.5 Flash AI Model Prioritizes Speed, Scale, and Simplicity

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash AI model shifts focus to speed and throughput over power, presenting a lighter and faster alternative to Pro-tier systems, though it has raised concerns about safety and transparency.

winbuzzer.com / Google Unveils Unified Security Platform using its Gemini AI for Cyber Defense

Google’s new Unified Security platform, powered by Gemini AI, promises enhanced threat detection and faster responses, aiming to lead the next phase of enterprise cybersecurity. The post Google Unveils Unified Security Platform using its Gemini AI for Cyber Defense appeared first on WinBuzzer.

winbuzzer.com / Google Unveils Key Updates to Agentspace to Rival Microsoft’s Copilot Ecosystem

Google has unveiled major updates to Agentspace, introducing new AI tools to compete with Microsoft Copilot and streamline enterprise workflows. The post Google Unveils Key Updates to Agentspace to Rival Microsoft’s Copilot Ecosystem appeared first on WinBuzzer.

arstechnica.com / Google unveils Ironwood, its most powerful AI processor yet

Ironwood will be available in configurations of up to 9,216 liquid-cooled chips.

venturebeat.com / Google’s new Ironwood chip is 24x more powerful than the world’s fastest supercomputer

Google unveils Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU chip delivering 42.5 exaflops of AI compute power — 24x more than the world's fastest supercomputer — ushering in the "age of inference."

venturebeat.com / Google Cloud Next ’25: New AI chips and agent ecosystem challenge Microsoft and Amazon

Google unveils Ironwood TPUs, Gemini 2.5 "thinking models," and Agent2Agent protocol at Cloud Next '25, challenging Microsoft and Amazon with a comprehensive AI strategy that enables multiple AI systems to work together across platforms.

venturebeat.com / Google’s new Agent Development Kit lets enterprises rapidly prototype and deploy AI agents without recoding

Google expanded its agent offering with Agent Development Kit where enterprises can build and deploy AI agents all in one place.

venturebeat.com / What’s next for Google Cloud databases? AI inside SQL and more

Google Cloud unlocks the original promise of SQL with new AI engine and AlloyDB updates.

venturebeat.com / Google Cloud intros AI security agents, unified security platform to consolidate ops, triage, threat intel

Google Cloud releases new Google Unified Security platform to simplify cybersecurity, along with new semi-autonomous AI security agents.

venturebeat.com / Google’s Agent2Agent interoperability protocol aims to standardize agentic communication

Google's agent interoperability protocol Agent2Agent aims to standardize communication between agents from different frameworks.

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