14 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries In 2023, Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh of electricity, surpassing the consumption of over 100 nations, including places like Iceland, […]
14 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Google’s Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can’t be disabled As part of the wider tech industry’s wider push for AI, whether we want it or not, it seems that Google‘s Gemini […]
13 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Goldman Sachs says AI is too expensive and unreliable — firm asks if ‘overhyped’ AI processing will ever pay off massive investments Corporations and investors have been spending billions of dollars on building AI. The current LLM models we use today, like GPT-4o, already […]
13 Luglio 2024Tecnologia US government announces first CHIPS Act research and development beneficiaries — $300 million awarded to three R&D facilities The White House announced on Friday the selection process for the first three CHIPS and Science Act research and development (R&D) facilities. […]
13 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Former Tesla AI Director reproduces GPT-2 in 24 hours for only $672 — GPT-4 costs $100 million to train OpenAI launched GPT-2 in 2019, reportedly costing $256 per hour to train. However, it’s been five years since then, and we’re already […]
12 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Softbank takes over AI processor designer Graphcore SoftBank Group has acquired Graphcore, an AI processor designer from the U.K., for an undisclosed amount. Graphcore, which has been looking for a buyer for a […]
12 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Months after completing a major project, leading Chinese chip development software firm cuts half of workforce: Report X-Epic, a leading Chinese chip design software developer, is cutting its workforce by up to 50%, reports the South China Morning Post. Just […]
11 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Arm’s new ASR game upscaling tech is based on AMD’s FSR2 — this open-source solution is optimized for lower-power devices Arm just introduced its own upscaling technology, based on AMD’s FSR2, called Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (Arm ASR). Unlike the AMD upscaler, […]
11 Luglio 2024Tecnologia AMD acquires Silo AI in $665 million deal to boost its AI solutions pedigree — deal should be wrapped up later this year AMD has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Silo AI for $665 million in cash. Silo AI specializes in the integration of AI capabilities […]
10 Luglio 2024Tecnologia Benchmarked: How Copilot+ PCs Handle Local AI Workloads It’s been weeks since Copilot+ PCs, the new generation of Windows laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors, hit store shelves. We’ve had […]