Google has limited Meta's access to its Gemini AI models after the social media company requested more computing capacity than the tech giant could provide, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Google, owned by Alphabet, informed Meta around March that it could not meet the full Gemini capacity the company wanted to purchase. The shortfall disrupted and delayed some of Meta's internal AI projects.
The report said several other Google customers were also affected, although to a lesser extent. Meta was hit the hardest because of its exceptionally high demand for Google's AI models.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which cited people familiar with the matter. Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside normal business hours.
The Financial Times said Meta has asked employees to use AI tokens more efficiently because of the restrictions. AI tokens are the units used to measure AI usage.
The report comes as major technology companies continue to spend billions of dollars on chips and data centres while struggling to secure enough computing power to meet rapidly growing demand for AI services.
Google Cloud generated $20 billion in revenue in the first quarter ended March. However, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said computing power constraints prevented even stronger growth and contributed to the cloud division's backlog nearly doubling from the previous quarter.
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