Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's next leap depends on building "much larger base models"

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company has begun training Gemini 4, noting that further advancement in their artificial intelligence capabilities requires the development of significantly larger base models. To support this objective and meet sustained cloud demand, Alphabet has increased its projected capital expenditure for 2026 to $205 billion. This investment highlights the escalating costs and computing power necessary for major tech firms to maintain their competitive edge in large-scale model performance.