Meta cuts about 700 jobs as it shifts spending to AI
… It can also calculate how much it will cost to build new AI capabilities, including the employees and compute costs. …
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Memory-makers' shares are down. Don't blame Google
… In a report published last week, TrendForce predicts TurboQuant will lower the cost of AI infrastructure, and by doing so “spark massive long-sequence application demand, comprehensively driving structural growth and specification upgrades for high-bandwidth, main, and flash memory across cloud and… …
Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments
… Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure Chromebooks, the low-cost computing option popular with education buyers, will be squeezed hardest this year as memory prices spiral out of control. …
Oracle AI obsession could mean higher prices, worse support
… Advisors in Oracle negotiations said support levels are declining, while costs might increase as discounts disappear. …
Anthropic debuts Claude Design, because who needs designers?
… "So I'm impressed with that, but for my own workflows, it has not had any presence or impact." McCoy said she sees how AI-driven design has a high degree of influence on social media, where the graphics are more disposable. "They don't have to be of any degree of quality," she said. …
US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally
… MORE CONTEXT Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape AI server farms heat up the neighborhood for miles around, paper find… …
Amazon insists AI coding isn't source of outages
… Amazon, at the time, said that its AI tool was not to blame: "This brief event was the result of user error – specifically misconfigured access controls – not AI." In the wake of that February incident, an Amazon spokesperson told The Register that "While security incidents involving misconfigured … …
JetBrains Air: agentic IDE built on abandoned Fleet
AI + ML JetBrains launches AI agent IDE built on the corpse of abandoned Fleet Agentic 'Air' lets multiple AI agents run tasks concurrently, while loyal IntelliJ users wonder what's in it for them JetBrains has previewed Air, a tool for agentic AI development which it describes as a new wave of dev… …
QCon London: AI for developers is in a 'dangerous state'
… There may be hints towards a solution in the shape of what OpenAI called "harness engineering" – devising environments in which agents can do reliable work. Another AI trend is increasing cost. …
1 in 7 Americans ready for an AI boss, but won't trust it
… By a margin of 65 percent to 24 percent, Americans oppose building an AI datacenter in their community. Among those opposed, 72 percent cite electricity costs, 64 percent water use, and 41 percent noise. …