AI models share another human trait: without constant maintenance, their mental faculties can deteriorate.
Tag: AI
WHAT IF AI DOESN’T NEED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY AFTER ALL?
China’s DeepSeek AI was trained for $6 million using second-tier chips, the company says.
MEGATECH FIRMS WILL SPEND $320 BILLION THIS YEAR ON AI INFRASTRUCTURE
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft together are planning to spend $320 billion this year to expand their AI data centers and continue building bigger, more powerful large language model AIs, according to the four companies’ announced plans.
CHINA FILING MORE AI PATENTS THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD
In 2024, Chinese researchers filed 300,510 AI-related patents, while scientists in the world’s other countries 188,454, according to data compiled by Triangle IP, a firm that helps companies manage their intellectual property.
USING AI, MINUS THE SURVEILLANCE: PRIVACY EXPERT GABRIEL CUSTODIET
I recently interviewed Gabriel Custodiet of The Watchman Privacy Podcast, and escapethetechnocracy.com.
SAM ALTMAN ADMITS AI IS NOT SPREADING THE WEALTH
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pondered in a blog post this past week how to more widely spread the wealth being generated by fast advancing AI technologies.
THE SINGULARITY AND THE SOUL
Of course mere humans will cede the critical decisions regarding our planet’s future to an Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI).
GOOGLE RESCINDS PLEDGE TO DENY AI FOR MILITARY AND SURVEILLANCE USE
Google has quietly scrapped its promise to bar the use of its AI products in weapons and other military uses.
ARM HOLDINGS GIVES CAUTIOUS OUTLOOK, STIRRING AI WORRIES
Arm Holdings, Europe’s biggest tech company by market capitalization, offered a muted revenue forecast for its current quarter, heightening concerns that spending on AI in general is slowing.
U.S. GOVERNMENT’S AI SAFETY CHIEF LEAVES
Elizabeth Kelly, head of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, has left her job as of 7 February. She resigned, although, as a Biden appointee, she was widely expected to be fired by Donald Trump.









