Tag: technological advancements
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The Register: The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell?
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/npu_debate/ Source: The Register Title: The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell? Feedly Summary: Tech for tech’s sake with niche uses that traditional hardware can handle Opinion If you haven’t heard of neural processing units (NPUs) by now, you must have missed a year’s worth of AI marketing from Intel, AMD,…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Matt Webb
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/11/matt-webb/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Matt Webb Feedly Summary: That development time acceleration of 4 days down to 20 minutes… that’s equivalent to about 10 years of Moore’s Law cycles. That is, using generative AI like this is equivalent to computers getting 10 years better overnight. That was a real eye-opening…
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Slashdot: How Samsung Fell Behind in the AI Boom – and Lost $126 Billion in Market Value
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/09/1853256/how-samsung-fell-behind-in-the-ai-boom—and-lost-126-billion-in-market-value?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Samsung Fell Behind in the AI Boom – and Lost $126 Billion in Market Value Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Samsung’s financial struggles and its failure to capitalize on the AI boom, particularly in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) sector critical for AI…
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The Register: US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/google_ceo_tank_ai_drones/ Source: The Register Title: US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt Feedly Summary: And what do you know, Google’s former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution Former Google chief Eric Schmidt thinks the US Army should expunge “useless" tanks and replace them with AI-powered drones…
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The Register: Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/us_china_investment_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist Feedly Summary: Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA The US treasury department finalized a rule on Monday that limits domestic entities’ investment in Chinese semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and AI.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…
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Hacker News: GenAI’s dirty secret: It’s set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/genai_dirty_secret/ Source: Hacker News Title: GenAI’s dirty secret: It’s set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research highlights a significant environmental challenge posed by the rapid growth of generative AI (GenAI), projecting a staggering increase in e-waste generated by AI servers. This…