Why Google Runs AI Mode On Flash, Explained By Google’s Chief Scientist

February 19, 2026

Why Google Runs AI Mode On Flash, Explained By Google’s Chief Scientist

Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said Flash’s low latency and cost are why Google can run Search AI at scale. Retrieval is a design choice, not a limitation, he added. In an interview on the Latent Space podcast, Dean explained why Flash became the production tier for Search. He also laid out why the pipeline

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