Google concedes it lacks the silicon for two frontier model families

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Demis Hassabis admitted Google simply lacks the TPUs to maintain two frontier model families simultaneously, explaining why its open models stay compact while its flagship takes the silicon.

Reporting date: 2026-05-01 (not necessarily the event date)

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