Pichai says Gemini’s next leap needs much larger base models as Alphabet lifts 2026 capex to $205B
The Decoder · rss · 2026-07-23
- Sundar Pichai says Gemini’s next major leap depends on building much larger base models.
- Alphabet has raised its 2026 capex forecast to as much as $205 billion, saying demand is still outpacing spending.
- Google Cloud revenue grew 82% in the second quarter.
- The report says Google has already kicked off an ambitious Gemini 4 training run.
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