A single text prompt to Google's artificial intelligence (AI) software, Gemini, consumes roughly as much electricity as just under nine seconds of television, the company said on Thursday. Google estimated the median energy use at 0.

The GSA's deal with Google for discounted access to AI tools comes as part of the OneGov procurement initiative aimed at promoting federal government efficiency.

Google will provide a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services to federal agencies for 47 cents each, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced Thursday. Federal agencies will have access to Gemini for Government at the discounted price through 2026.

Alphabet’s Google introduced on Wednesday a new lineup of Pixel smartphones and gadgets, intensifying its efforts to embed artificial intelligence across a wide ecosystem of products.

Amid growing concerns about the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, Google says it has calculated the energy required for its Gemini AI service: Sending a single text prompt consumes as much energy as watching television for nine seconds.

Meta Platforms has reportedly agreed to spend more than $10 billion on cloud services from Google, as the search giant seeks to catch up with larger rivals in the space, namely Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to a deal worth at least $10 billion with Alphabet Inc.’s Google for cloud computing services, according to people familiar with the matter, part of the social media giant’s spending spree on artificial intelligence.

Google launches AI for Education Accelerator providing free artificial intelligence training and career certificates to students at over 100 U.S. colleges.

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Key Takeaways OpenAI runs its AI software on Nvidia’s graphics processing units, or GPUs.Nvidia's gross profit margins from the industry have been estimated at about 80%,

Despite the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT helping users search for information, Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) virtually infinite pool of search data continues to play a crucial role in these platforms,