Global Scans · Google · Weekly Summary

• [New] With the Privacy Sandbox, there is a concern that Google will gain an advantage in terms of user tracking and data collection, disadvantage its competitors and other stakeholders, and favour its own advertising technology providers and owned and operated advertising inventory. Kluwer Competition Law Blog
• [New] Google will soon unleash a wealth of new artificial intelligence-powered tools and systems, including an AI assistant that will help users by proactively performing tasks on their behalf. Hartford Courant
• [New] Renting 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs from SpaceX is not a stopgap - it is a strategic move to bridge the gap before Anthropic's own AWS and Google Cloud compute commitments come fully online in 2027. Build Fast with AI
• [New] Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Amazon, and Meta alone are spending hundreds of billions on AI infrastructure that will approach $1.1 trillion by 2027. / USA investing.com
• [New] Especially now, since Google is expected to launch a full line of smart glasses from its eyewear partners sometime in 2026. CNet
• [New] Most of what you will be doing on Android Auto will likely be navigation or music playback through services like Google Maps and Spotify. SlashGear
• [New] Google Labs maintains an AI Futures Fund that supports AI startups with equity funding and strategic resources, with potential for direct investment at growth stages. Blockchain Council
• [New] The five largest hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle) are projected to spend a combined $755 billion on capital expenditures in 2026 (Goldman Sachs consensus), an 83% year-over-year increase. NAND Research - A New Kind of Technology Research & Adv
• [New] Google is improving links in AI Overviews to combat misinformation, a move that could restore trust in AI-driven information retrieval. Coaio Limited
• [New] Google is betting the most important AI of the next decade will be the one subtly making the world work better. Yahoo Tech
• [New] Google says it is using AI, satellite imagery and modeling systems to better track wildfire boundaries and improve warnings for communities in danger. Yahoo Tech
• [New] Google trained a 55 billion parameter model that could take a camera image and a natural language instruction and output robot motor commands directly. Robotics Center of Silicon Valley
• [New] Looking ahead to I/O next week, analysts expect Google to unveil stronger agentic AI capabilities-systems that can plan, execute, and learn from multi-step tasks autonomously. techdg.in
• [New] Apple says draft measures proposed by the EU - which would force Google to give competing AI services more access to Android - would create profound risks for user privacy, security, device integrity, and performance. The Verge
• [New] Anthropic could spend as much as $200 billion over time on chips and cloud infrastructure through agreements involving Google and other hyperscale providers. Dwealth.news
• [New] Various big tech powers continue to invest in Anthropic, from Amazon ($25 billion on top of their existing $8) to Google ($40 billion on top of their existing $10 billion), raising Anthropic's value to $380 billion, with speculation it will soon go much higher (CNBC). Peterson Technology Partners
• [New] The RCS encryption upgrade matters more to Google, because iPhone users are more likely to use iMessage as a default than Android users will use Google Messages as theirs. Forbes
• [New] Google has deployed AI agents such as Big Sleep and CodeMender to identify unknown software vulnerabilities and automatically generate security patches. Economic Times
• [New] Google has announced its first data center in Kronstorf, Austria, expected to create 100 direct jobs as part of its broader European infrastructure investment. DataCenterKnowledge
• [New] The excessive concentration of assets - cloud storage and data centers - in the hands of a few key companies - Amazon, Google, Microsoft, SpaceX, and Meta - creates a scenario where a systemic technical failure could trigger a domino effect in global security. War on the Rocks
• [New] Google plans to invest in Anthropic through cash and compute support worth $40 billion as demand for Claude and AI infrastructure grows. The AI Track

Last updated: 24 May 2026