This chapter explores the specialized non-GPUs called Tensor Processing Units developed by Google for AI. It discusses the potential production issues with TPUs and the limited impact of Microsoft's Bing chat release on Google's search dominance. The decline in Google search quality, skepticism towards chatbots, and the upcoming OpenAI development conference are also discussed.
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