Tag: investment

Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/deepseek-china-ai-chips.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google Feedly Summary: The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Slashdot: Anthropic Chief Says AI Could Surpass ‘Almost All Humans At Almost Everything’ Shortly After 2027

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/2122252/anthropic-chief-says-ai-could-surpass-almost-all-humans-at-almost-everything-shortly-after-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Chief Says AI Could Surpass ‘Almost All Humans At Almost Everything’ Shortly After 2027 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the prediction by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that AI models could surpass human capabilities in nearly all tasks within the next few years.…

The Cloudflare Blog: Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-threat-report-for-2024-q4/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4 Feedly Summary: 2024 ended with a bang. Cloudflare mitigated another record-breaking DDoS attack peaking at 5.6 Tbps. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report for Q4 of 2024 provides an in-depth…

Slashdot: Google Invests Another $1 Billion in AI Developer Anthropic

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/1426231/google-invests-another-1-billion-in-ai-developer-anthropic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Invests Another $1 Billion in AI Developer Anthropic Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is increasing its investment in AI startup Anthropic by an additional $1 billion, which positions the company as a significant player in the competitive landscape against OpenAI. This move reflects the…

Scott Logic: The UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan – somewhat quiet on risks

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Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/01/22/the-uks-ai-opportunities-action-plan-somewhat-quiet-on-risks.html Source: Scott Logic Title: The UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan – somewhat quiet on risks Feedly Summary: Last week the UK government launched their 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan. The plan is ambitious, but it is something of a mixed bag. Some sizeable and worthwhile investments, alongside others which are quite questionable.…

The Register: Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/business_value_genai_elusive/ Source: The Register Title: Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom Feedly Summary: The nascent tech enters Hype Cycle’s downward slope, says Gartner Tech analysts have forecast 9.8 percent year-over-year growth in worldwide IT spending in 2025, reaching $5.61 trillion and driven by continuing AI investments, despite “moonshot” projects…

Slashdot: Microsoft Loses Status as OpenAI’s Exclusive Cloud Provider

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/0522224/microsoft-loses-status-as-openais-exclusive-cloud-provider Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Loses Status as OpenAI’s Exclusive Cloud Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s evolving partnership with OpenAI, transitioning from an exclusive provider to a collaborative role with a “right of first refusal,” reflects shifts in AI infrastructure investments, particularly with the Stargate Project involving major…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/mlx-distributed/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed Feedly Summary: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed Handy detailed instructions from Awni Hannun on running the enormous DeepSeek R1 or v3 models on a cluster of Macs using the distributed communication feature of Apple’s MLX library.…

The Register: OpenAI and pals form biz to spend $500B on its own AI infrastructure

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