AI’s surging power demand will continue for years.
Tag: AI
COMPUTER CHIP CAN AUTHENTICATE DEEPFAKES
AI technology has advanced to the point that deepfakes – completely made-up audios and videos of actual people saying and doing things they never really did – are virtually indistinguishable from reality.
AI FORCES CONSULTING FIRMS TO SCRAP TRADITIONAL BUSINESS MODEL
For decades, consulting firms have charged by the hour – often hundreds of dollars – for their expertise.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
We maintain our trend forecast for a Dot.com Bust 2.0 which will result in a massive crash in the heavily overvalued equity markets.
AI IS INFLATION’S LATEST DRIVER
Oil prices have fallen and Donald Trump’s tariffs have had less inflationary impact than expected, but inflation is alive and well thanks to the relentless buildout of AI infrastructure.
AI THREATENS BUSINESS SERVICE FIRMS, ASSET MANAGERS WARN
Accounting and law firms are among the most likely to be hurt as AI pervades professional services, private equity executives warned in recent interviews with the Financial Times.
FROM THE “AI BEHAVING BADLY” FILE…
Large language model AIs are learning bad habits, including violence, from each other even when there’s no reference to the bad behavior in their training data, researchers have reported.
KPMG SHAMED FOR REPORT RIDDLED WITH AI HALLUCINATIONS
KPMG, one of the world’s premiere accounting and business services firms, published its report “Redefining Excellence in the Age of Agentic AI” last October.
BOTS NOW USE THE INTERNET MORE THAN PEOPLE DO
AI agents and chatbots are now responsible for about 57 percent of web traffic, while people generate 43 percent, according to cloud services provider Cloudfare’s review of activity on its platform.
AMAZON DATA CENTERS USED 2.5 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER IN 2025
Amazon, a leading provider of cloud services for AI platforms, used 2.5 billion gallons of water in its global data center operations last year, the company said in a blog post.









