In a major coup, Google secures a staggering $10 billion AI cloud deal with Meta over six years, solidifying its position as a leading provider of artificial intelligence infrastructure as Meta doubles down on developing its Llama family of AI models.
NASA's free-flying Astrobee robots join Germany's AI assistant CIMON aboard the International Space Station, marking a historic robotic rendezvous to aid astronauts and operations.
China's space program accelerates with an $8 billion budget rivaling the U.S., achieving milestones like lunar landings and fostering a private commercial space industry to compete in satellite launches and space tourism.
Dell unleashes Pro Max AI Desktop PCs, including GB10 and GB300 models, featuring NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs delivering up to 20 Petaflops of FP4 computing power for maximum AI development performance at the deskside.
DeepSeek unveils V3.1, a GPT-5 rival optimized for Chinese chips, matching OpenAI's model on benchmarks while undercutting pricing, fueling the AI race between the U.S. and China.
Google announces its AI prompts now consume minimal energy, with the median prompt using just 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, producing 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide emissions, and consuming 0.26 milliliters of water, a 33-fold reduction in energy use compared to a year ago.
Google touts its new AI assistant Gemini as eco-friendly, claiming minimal water and energy usage per text prompt, but critics argue the tech giant omits key data and its overall carbon emissions and resource usage keep rising despite efficiency gains.
Google expands its AI-powered Search Mode with task assistance for activities like booking restaurants, offering personalized recommendations based on user interests, while also rolling out to over 180 countries for complex query handling.
China escalates tensions with the US by discouraging local firms from purchasing NVIDIA's H20 AI chips, finding US commerce secretary's remarks about limiting China's access to advanced chips 'insulting', as NVIDIA develops a new chip for the Chinese market.
Google unveils AI Inference Impact Metrics, a methodology quantifying the energy, emissions, and water footprint of AI inference tasks like Gemini text prompts, revealing median energy use of 0.24 watt-hours and emissions of 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide per prompt.