Google Advances AI and Quantum Computing While Preparing for U.S. AI Collaboration

CEO Sundar Pichai highlights breakthroughs in Gemini 2.0 and quantum error correction, signaling readiness to partner on a national AI initiative.

Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, its advanced multimodal AI model, showcasing capabilities like native image and audio output and state-of-the-art coding performance.
Quantum computing researchers at Google achieved a major milestone in error correction, bringing the technology closer to practical applications within five years.
CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized Google's long-term strategy of integrating AI innovations across products, including Project Mariner, which demonstrates agentic AI capabilities like browser automation.
The company is investing heavily in sustainable energy solutions, including modular nuclear reactors and geothermal energy, to support its AI and data center operations.
Pichai expressed enthusiasm for collaborating with the incoming U.S. administration on a 'Manhattan Project' for AI to drive national technological leadership.