Expect Eaton to keep profiting from AI’s spiraling demand for computing power
A big backlog of projects should keep the company busy for the foreseeable future.
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
On Wednesday, a video from OpenAI’s newly launched Sora AI video generator went viral on social media, featuring a gymnast who sprouts extra limbs and briefly loses her head during what appears to be an Olympic-style floor routine. As it turns out, the nonsensical synthesis errors in the video—what we like to call “jabberwockies”—hint at […]
Gemini, ChatGPT, and the race for AI’s killer app
ChatGPT launched roughly two years and two weeks ago. Now, as we near the end of 2024, the AI race is… well, where is it, exactly? It’s more competitive than ever, there’s more money being poured into new models and products than ever, and it’s not at all clear when or even whether we’re going […]
How Big Tech intends to power AI’s thirst for energy
Industrial chiller at Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A huge upswing in the number of data centers worldwide shows no signs of slowing down, prompting Big Tech to consider how best to power the artificial intelligence revolution. Some of […]
Will AI’s huge energy demands spur a nuclear renaissance?
An Amazon data centre in Ashburn, Virginia. Technology companies are investing in nuclear power to try and address the growing energy demands of such facilities.Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Last week, technology giants Google and Amazon both unveiled deals supporting ‘advanced’ nuclear energy, as part of their efforts to become carbon-neutral. Google announced that it will buy […]
AI’s Bubble’s Bursting Because You’re Forgetting Two Other Letters: CX
For all the AI investment, there has been little return. For all the AI talk, there has been little impact on consumers’ lives. For all the AI efficiency, there is little change in business roles. We are at the precipice, looking down at the world and wondering when the shift will happen. Analysts are questioning […]
At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains
SAN FRANCISCO—On Tuesday, TED AI 2024 kicked off its first day at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater with a lineup of speakers that tackled AI’s impact on science, art, and society. The two-day event brought a mix of researchers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and other experts who painted a complex picture of AI with fairly minimal hype. The […]
Fixing AI’s energy crisis
An advanced ‘in memory’ computing chip developed by researchers from Princeton University, New Jersey, and US firm EnCharge AI. Credit: Scott Lyon In the late 1990s, some computer scientists realized that they were hurtling towards disaster. Makers of computer chips had been able to make computers more powerful on a reliable schedule by cramming ever […]