Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
David Bowie’s song “Five Years,” which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.
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Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon
If there’s a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model — no GPUs required, it says.
Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone
Gemini had over 750 million monthly users in February.
Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’
Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an “AI Kill Switch Act” that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday. The news of […]
Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about the major trade secrets lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI and what this tells us about OpenAI’s future. By now I’m sure most Decoder listeners are familiar with Apple’s allegations in this case. The company says a number of ex-Apple employees at […]
The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left
On a gray, humid Saturday morning in central Florida, a little under a dozen people gathered outside the Spring Hill Branch Library to protest the construction of a hyperscale data center in their community. There was no immediate threat – the Hernando County commission had unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on such developments in June […]
ServiceNow bets $40 million on Indian banking software specialist to expand its financial services push
ServiceNow’s investment gives BusinessNext a strategic partner to expand its AI-powered banking software globally.
After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe
After IBM’s stock crashed last week on warnings of a poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.