Google tells employees they need to double their work every 6 months to keep up with AI

• Google’s AI VP and company CEO warn of an “intense” year ahead
• The company wants to double AI serving capacity every six months
• Reducing reliance on third parties could help solve some cost and efficiency concerns

Google’s AI and Infrastructure VP, Amin Vahdat, has reportedly warned employees that the company must double serving capacity every six months in order to keep up with demand for AI tools.

CNBC reported the news hit staff in a company all-hands, during which Vahdat revealed that Google would need to scale “the next 1000x in 4-5 years.”

Vahdat noted all of this was needed while maintaining the same cost and power consumption, spelling out a challenging future of both colossal capacity increases and equally mighty efficienty improvements.