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Big AI Spending Continues to Rise: Tech giants increase cloud spending to meet growing infrastructure demands
Top AI companies announced plans to dramatically ramp up their spending on AI infrastructure.
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Generated Chip Designs Work in Mysterious Ways: Researchers used deep learning and an evolutionary algorithm to design chips in minutes
Designing integrated circuits typically requires years of human expertise. Recent work set AI to the task with surprising results.
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Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots
Chinese robot makers Unitree and EngineAI showed off relatively low-priced humanoid robots that could bring advanced robotics closer to everyday applications.
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AI Supercomputer on Your Desk: Nvidia introduced Project Digits, a $3,000 home supercomputer for AI models
Nvidia’s new desktop computer is built specifically to run large AI models.
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Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.
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Garbage Out: Generative AI and GPU boom spawns growing e-waste problem
Rapid progress in generative AI comes with a hidden environmental cost: mountains of obsolete hardware.
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Object Detection for Small Devices: Grounding DINO 1.5, an edge device model built for faster, smarter object detection
An open source model is designed to perform sophisticated object detection on edge devices like phones, cars, medical equipment, and smart doorbells.
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Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics
A new generation of robots can handle some household chores with unusual skill.
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Further Chip Restrictions on China: TSMC stops advanced chip production for China on U.S. orders
The largest manufacturer of AI chips told its Chinese customers it would stop fabricating their most advanced designs, further limiting China’s access to AI hardware.
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No Game Engine Required: AI creates an interactive Minecraft-like world in real time
A real-time video generator lets you explore an open-ended, interactive virtual world — a video game without a game engine.
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AI Burns All the Energy: Will AI’s growing power demands drain the grid?
The globe’s growing AI infrastructure requires huge amounts of electricity, possibly more than power providers can generate responsibly. Could AI models suck energy resources dry?
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AI Giants Go Nuclear: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft bet on nuclear power to meet AI energy demands
Major AI companies plan to meet the growing demand with nuclear energy.
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Malaysia’s Data Center Boom: Malaysia emerges as an AI and cloud computing hub, drawing billions in investment
Malaysia’s location, natural resources, and investor-friendly government are perfect for data centers, turning part of the country into an AI-fueled boomtown.
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High Gear for Llama 3.1 405B: SambaNova boosts Llama 3.1 performance with fast, free access to largest model
SambaNova raised the speed limit for access to the largest model in the Llama 3.1 family — and it’s free.
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Nvidia Revs AI Engine: All about Nvidia’s new Blackwell architecture and B200 GPU
Nvidia’s latest chip promises to boost AI’s speed and energy efficiency.
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