While AI bubble talk fills the air these days, with fears of overinvestment that could pop at any time, something of a contradiction is brewing on the ground: Companies like Google and OpenAI can barely build infrastructure fast enough to fill their AI needs. During an all-hands meeting earlier this month, Google’s AI infrastructure head...
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(Black PR Wire) Thanksgiving is a time to gather with loved ones and reflect on the importance of gratitude, community, and purpose. Black PR Wire extends its heartfelt gratitude to our clients, colleagues, readers, family, and friends whose support …
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The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?
It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.
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To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace
A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.
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Trump Elevates Once-Fringe Meme Makers to the Mainstream
Right-wing users have tapped A.I. tools to promote President Trump’s agenda. He took notice.
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.
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Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta
Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.
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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support. Laptops with sixth-generation Intel Core and later processors have built-in hardware support for HEVC decoding and encoding. AMD has made laptop chips supporting the codec since 2015....
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How Trump and Nvidia’s C.E.O. Became Partners on the International Stage
Over the last 10 months, President Trump has become close with Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, as the company’s chips have become a tool in trade and peace talks.
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In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research
Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.