The AI Industry’s Scaling Obsession Is Headed for a Cliff

AI

The AI Industry’s Scaling Obsession Is Headed for a Cliff

A new study from MIT suggests the biggest and most computationally intensive AI models may soon offer diminishing returns compared to smaller models....

AI

‘Sovereign AI’ Has Become a New Front in the US-China Tech War

OpenAI has announced a number of projects this year with foreign governments to help build out what it has called their “sovereign AI”...

Gadgets

MIT study reveals chilling cognitive cost of ChatGPT on children: What can parents do?

As artificial intelligence becomes part of daily life, a new concern is emerging — how much of our thinking are we outsourcing to...

Software

EU need for ‘digital sovereignty’ does not mean protectionism, German minister says

Europe needs to build up its own digital infrastructure to reduce dependence on US providers, but that does not mean turning away from...

AI

WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about one author's journey to flee the US, social media surveillance, chatbots and the world...

News

India’s sovereign AI model to be ready by February: IT Ministry Secretary

According to the...

AI

Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’

A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to “go 5X faster”...

AI

The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits

In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok skit using the...

AI

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

“We are very much losing this battle against common sense when it comes to using generative AI,” Schnitt says, adding that if the...

AI

From OpenAI to Nvdia and xAI, mega AI deals spark buzz — but is it a boom or a bubble? Experts weigh in

The past few months have seen the announcement of multi-billion-dollar deals in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, as companies build the infrastructure necessary...

AI

OpenAI Sneezes, and Software Firms Catch a Cold

Allan Thygesen, the CEO of Docusign, was not particularly concerned when he saw the news last week that OpenAI had created an internal...

AI

Sridhar Vembu weighs in on AI energy efficiency debate, feels ‘fundamental rethink’ required to make it viable for India

Zoho Corp Chief Scientists Sridhar Vembu, who has been in the limelight due to indigenous messaging app Arattai, has highlighted concerns over huge...

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