AI training involves pouring as much Internet content as possible into a system. That involves not only massive amounts of data, but also huge amounts of computer time.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
Post
BEZOS BETS BIG ON AI CHIP-MAKING START-UP
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is among the players in a new $693 million funding round for Tenstorrent, a maker of graphic processing units, the complex computer chips that are the foundation for AI.
Post
AI’S FUTURE IS SMALLER, CUSTOM-BUILT SYSTEMS, INFOSYS CHAIR SAYS
Instead of buying ever bigger, more powerful AI systems, companies will build or buy smaller AI models customized to their own needs, Nandan Nilekani, chair of the Indian tech giant Infosys, said in a Financial Times forecast.
Post
THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACY
The electorate in Romania chose Calin Georgescu as their president. But the West said NO!
Post
BIDEN’S RUSSIA SANCTIONS SPURRED DE-DOLLARIZATION, BUT TRUMP ALREADY CHANGING THAT DYNAMIC
We were among the first anywhere in the world to forecast that the sanctions placed on Russia in late winter 2022 would backfire and create momentum for countries to move away from the U.S. dollar and the west’s SWIFT financial settlement system.
Post
WHAT TO SAY (AND NOT SAY) ABOUT CRYPTOS
It’s that time of the cycle. Articles are popping up all over talking about cryptos again, with a general theme, to cite a recent one by USA Today, “FOMO as Bitcoin price surges past $100,000: Is it too late to invest in cryptocurrency?”
Post
ENCRYPTION APPS: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, DESPITE GOVERNMENT MIXED MESSAGES
Newly uncovered communications hacking by Chinese actors, a European fishing expedition spying on millions of messages users thought were encrypted, and new warnings from the American government regarding encrypted apps, all point to tech privacy wars heating up.
Post
YOU WILL OWN NO LIFE AND BE HAPPY: THE AFFORDABLE LIVING AS A SERVICE (ALaaS) SCAM
Tech giants, and increasingly businesses leveraging AI, robotics and related automation technologies, are admitting the scale of worker obsolescence that’s coming.
Post
AMERICA’S SALAD BOWL IS BECOMING AN ACTUAL BOWL
California’s San Joaquin Valley has been called “America’s salad bowl” for the significant amount of the country’s fruits and vegetables that are grown there.
Post
AN AGILE, ALL-ELECTRIC FLYING TAXI WITH A TUGBOAT MOTOR
CycloTech, an Austrian start-up working in small-scale aviation, is building an all-electric, autonomous flying taxi.