What Microsoft Executives Really Thought About OpenAI in 2018
…From what Elon is telling everyone … he feels Open AI is at verge of some big AGI breakthroughs … They clearly are pushing AI at a level none of our first party or…
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SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers
The investment comes as Elon Musk’s AI unit faces complaints about the carbon-emitting units and looks to become a big player in cloud computing.
Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget
…Since then, Opal has been working on an AI-powered audio product for the last few years. This, in turn, is the product that convinced Altman to invest in Opal. It will…
Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data
…At the same time, Google's DeepMind is investing $75 million to develop AI tools with the film studio A24. The AI and film industries are becoming increasingly intertwined, and we're…
OpenAI Enters Its Focus Era by Killing Sora
…This includes Sora, as well as a browser, a family of hardware devices, robots, and Codex, its AI-powered coding agent. These efforts have had varying levels of success, and Sora's…
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
…Workers across several big tech companies have grown frustrated about their employers’ all-out emphasis on developing powerful AI capabilities. Last year, over 1,000 Amazon employees anonymously signed an open letter…
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
…It's not exactly Musk’s vision of the future, which involves implanted brain chips to allow humans to merge with AI. But venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, who was an early investor…
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…are working together on an AI startup called Special, according to their LinkedIn accounts. Special describes itself as “a technology investment platform” focused on crypto investments. Its website includes pictures of both…
There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos
…feels like microdramas, vertical short-form scripted series that American big tech companies are starting to invest more in. Like the AI fruits, these are minutes-long episodic shows intended to perform…
To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant
…For-profit AI companies are, of course, ultimately accountable to investors and shareholders. “I hope that these companies are genuinely guided by ethical considerations, at least partially,” says Alex Grzankowski, associate director…