Silicon’s mid-life crisis AI has evolved from classical ML to deep learning to generative AI. The most recent chapter, which took AI mainstream, hinges on two phases—training and inference—that are data and energy-intensive in terms of computation, data movement, and cooling. At the same time, Moore’s Law, which determines that the number of transistors on…
One of the more persistent concerns in the age of AI is that the robots will take our jobs. The extent to which this fear is founded remains to be seen, but we’re already witnessing some level of replacement in certain fields. Even niche occupations are in jeopardy. For example, the world of OnlyFans chatters…
Portraits, a new experiment from Google Labs, lets you interact conversationally with AI representations of trusted experts built in partnership with the experts themselves. Our first Portrait features Kim Scott, bestselling author of “Radical Candor,” and offers AI-powered coaching inspired by her renowned communication and leadership principles. Imagine having direct access to Kim’s guidance to…
From the keynote countdown to speaker title cards and beyond, generative AI took the stage at I/O 2025. Source link
AI video is on another level When we tested the energy demands of various models, we found the energy required to produce even a low-quality, five-second video to be pretty shocking: It was 42,000 times more than the amount needed for a chatbot answer a question about a recipe, and enough to power a microwave…
If you reach a point where progress has outstripped the ability to make the systems safe, would you take a pause? I don’t think today’s systems are posing any sort of existential risk, so it’s still theoretical. The geopolitical questions could actually end up being trickier. But given enough time and enough care and thoughtfulness,…
Customers are increasingly using generative AI to enhance efficiency, personalize experiences, and drive innovation across various industries. For instance, generative AI can be used to perform text summarization, facilitate personalized marketing strategies, create business-critical chat-based assistants, and so on. However, as generative AI adoption grows, associated costs can escalate in several areas including cost in…
These images were created by an artist known as Botto, which exhibited at Sotheby’s in New York this October and has made more than $4 million from sales of its work. In truth though, Botto needs only GPUs to get creative juices flowing. Botto is a decentralized semi-autonomous artistic agent created in 2021 by the…
Imagine radically speeding up the time it takes to process housing and infrastructure planning applications in England, empowering councils to make faster, more informed decisions and driving growth across the economy, all thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). That vision is becoming a reality thanks to a unique new system called Extract. As UK Prime Minister…
It is a significant overhaul of a department that in 40 years has never before been placed so squarely on the chopping block. Here’s how today’s defense tech companies, which have fostered close connections to the Trump administration, stand to gain, and why safety testing might suffer as a result. The Operational Test and Evaluation…
