Google has placed limits on Meta Platforms Inc.’s use of its Gemini artificial intelligence models because it could not provide as much computing capacity as the social media company wanted, according to the Financial Times.
In the latest sign of AI infrastructure constraints, Alphabet Inc.’s search giant has enforced restrictions on several clients, with Meta particularly affected, the FT reported on Sunday. The move has had a knock-on effect on Meta’s internal projects, and meant the company has told staff to make more efficient use of AI tokens, the newspaper reported, citing three unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Google told Meta around March it could not meet the full Gemini capacity the company had sought to purchase. The shortfall disrupted and delayed some of Meta’s internal AI projects.
Neither Google nor Meta commented on the report.