Hugging Face partners with Google Cloud to build open AI

AI Impact Summary

Hugging Face and Google Cloud are announcing a strategic partnership to enable companies to build their own AI using open models. This collaboration simplifies the process of deploying open models on Google Cloud services like Vertex AI, GKE, and Cloud Run, and introduces a CDN Gateway to accelerate model downloads. This partnership will also provide access to Google's TPUs and enhanced security features, making it easier for Hugging Face users to leverage Google Cloud's infrastructure for open AI development.