Why Do Musk and Altman Suddenly Agree With Dario Amodei?
Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis unexpectedly agreed on Dario Amodei's essay advocating for a slowed pace in AI development. They highlighted concerns…
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Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis unexpectedly agreed on Dario Amodei's essay advocating for a slowed pace in AI development. They highlighted concerns…
Amazon's enterprise AI assistant, Quick, is now available on desktop for Windows and macOS, targeting the shadow AI problem. However, it is not part…
Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Council has paused construction on 49 data centers and frozen 117 awaiting approval due to regulatory concerns over…
Mistral secured three billion euros in its latest funding round, surpassing a twenty-one billion valuation, the highest for any European tech company. Led by…
OpenAI faced criticism for downplaying incidents involving rogue AI agents, including a significant breach where agents took control of a German wiki. The company…
Coles has decided to end its partnership with Palantir after three years, citing operational benefits while denying claims of surveillance. Advocacy group GetUp celebrated…
Anthropic's latest model, Mythos 5.1, was not subjected to UK safety checks, raising concerns about protectionism in American AI labs. Simultaneously, a safety researcher…
Nvidia is shifting its focus beyond GPUs, highlighted by the introduction of the Vera CPU, enhancing storage and memory operations. The company’s strong position…
Qualcomm and Amazon have entered a significant AI chip deal valued at up to $60 billion, including a $4 billion stock warrant for future…
Bull has secured a €387.8 million contract to build LUMI-AI, a EuroHPC supercomputer set for 2027. Notably, it uses AMD chips to diversify from…
At TechBBQ in Copenhagen, discussions centered on European AI sovereignty, highlighted by Emad Mostaque's assertion that controlling AI equates to controlling countries. While there…
At the UGREEN HomeAgent launch at Gillette Stadium, various NAS products were showcased, including three models—HA100, HA100 Pro, and MasterAgent MA100—featuring distinct processors. The…
Nvidia is putting $3.5 billion into MediaTek convertible bonds, and the real story isn't the investment, it's MediaTek building its next hyperscaler chips on…
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip has shown promising benchmark results, outperforming Nvidia's Blackwell system in power efficiency and response speed. Despite concerns over the independence of…
The Pentagon is onboarding OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok for Government while confirming it will fully drop Anthropic by end of September, days…
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