Google has entered a multiyear agreement with Intel to integrate its Xeon processors alongside Google's proprietary infrastructure processing units (IPUs) in next-generation AI and cloud systems. By offloading networking, storage, and security tasks to IPUs, the collaboration aims to free up central CPUs for compute-intensive AI workloads, boosting throughput and reducing power consumption.

Plaintiff-recruitment advertisements for addiction-related lawsuits continue to run on Google’s advertising platforms following a jury verdict that held Google and Meta liable for a user’s depression and suicidal ideation and awarded $6 million in damages. Court records show more than 3,300 similar suits in state court and roughly 2,400 consolidated federal cases, raising concerns over Alphabet’s potential legal liabilities and reserve requirements.