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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Google Introduces New AI Inference Chip

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Anthropic investigates report of "unauthorized access" to its Mythos AI model. And energy company GE Vernova lifts yearly outlook on surge from data center demand. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. Google is set to unveil a new

0:40.4

computer processor optimized for AI inference in Las Vegas this week. Demand for inference is exploding

0:47.2

as businesses adopt AI agents. People familiar with the matter say Google has been developing this

0:52.9

inference-specific chip for years

0:54.6

and has recently tested it with a small group of AI companies. Plus, it has already signed deals

1:00.1

with Anthropic and meta for its eighth generation of tensor processing units or TPUs.

1:06.5

Anthropic is investigating a report of unauthorized access to its advanced AI model Methos

1:12.1

through a third-party contractor. The company said it has no evidence the access went beyond that

1:17.7

vendor. Anthropic limited the Methos models released to about 50 companies and organizations

1:22.9

that maintain critical infrastructure and software due to its high capability for security

1:27.4

tasks.

1:28.5

Researchers fear such AI tools could cause widespread disruption through software bugs,

1:33.5

but also hope limited releases can help patch vulnerabilities.

1:37.3

Earlier this month, Anthropic raised to contain a leak of internal source code

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