Google Expands Its Chip Efforts as the AI Race Heats Up

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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From YouTube to search, Google operates some powerful tools. And the company needs powerful chips to make them work. Now, as the AI race heats up, Google is expanding its in-house chip making efforts to cut its reliance on outside vendors. WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa tells host Alex Ossola what this could mean for the future of Google’s business. Plus, if you feel unsafe walking around a city, technology could help. WSJ personal tech news editor Shara Tibken talks about the apps and tools to turn to. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The less your business spends the more margin you keep.
0:03.5	Net Suite by Oracle brings accounting, finance, inventory, and HR into one proven platform,
0:09.5	helping you reduce costs everywhere.
0:12.0	Now through April 15th, Net Suite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program.
0:17.9	So head to NetSuite.com slash Wall Street right now. Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:27.0	It's Wednesday, April 10th.
0:28.8	I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:31.3	Coming up on today's show, many people walking around cities have a sense for when a situation
0:36.4	starts to feel unsafe.
0:39.0	Technology on your smartphone could help.
0:41.2	We'll hear about the apps and tools to turn to from W.S.J. Personal Tech News editor
0:46.1	Shara Tibkin. And then, Google's chip-making efforts were key to its successes in
0:51.4	search and artificial intelligence.
0:53.6	Now the company is making a new kind of chip
0:55.8	to support its cloud computing efforts.
0:58.2	W.S.J. reporter Miles Krupa tells us
1:00.7	why Google is developing more of its own hardware and what it could mean for its
1:04.7	future business.
1:09.0	But first, violent crime is down.
1:11.7	In 2022, numbers fell to their relatively low pre-pandemic levels,
1:15.9	according to a report from the FBI. But people still feel wary.
1:20.7	40% of Americans say they're afraid to walk alone at night near home, per November
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