Despite the potential negative impacts of AI, Musk also believes that AI would be a force for good and could even serve as a great friend and companion to users. During a recent AI Safety Summit in London, Elon Musk had a one-on-one discussion with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the future of artificial intelligence and its impacts on society. The tech billionaire warned that AI might eventually lead to a world where jobs become a thing of the past. He also painted a picture where...
Read More »Nonprofit Organization Purchases 24,000 Nvidia AI Chips for $500 Million
The deployment of the 24,000 chips should be completed by February 2024. Voltage Park, a nonprofit organization founded by billionaire Jed McCaleb, has acquired approximately 24,000 Nvidia H100 chips for approximately $500 million. According to The Business Time, the organization plans to lease AI computing power at a low cost to address the shortage of these chips. Eric Park, CEO of Voltage, stated: “The current ecosystem for machine learning is fundamentally flawed.” Therefore, the...
Read More »G7 Nations Forge Ahead with AI Code of Conduct
The G7’s AI Code of Conduct emerges at a time when governments worldwide are grappling with the transformative power of AI. The Group of Seven (G7) industrial countries, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States, and the European Union is set to make a significant stride in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) development space. As of October 30, G7 nations are expected to agree upon a comprehensive AI code of conduct, a crucial framework designed to guide...
Read More »Apple to Spend $1B Annually to Develop Generative AI Models
Apple is considering leveraging AI within Xcode to assist app developers in creating their applications. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is gearing up for a significant leap into the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to invest around $1 billion annually to develop its own AI solutions, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move comes as a strategic response to the escalating advancements in AI technology by other tech giants such as...
Read More »Chinese AI Startup Zhipu Secures $342M in Funding from Alibaba, Tencent
Zhipu and Baichuan are the two leading startups involved in China’s push for using generative artificial intelligence competing with Google and OpenAI. Amid the buzzing AI market, Chinese AI startup Zhipu announced that it has secured $342 million (or 2.5 billion yuan) in funding from Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) and Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0700). HongShan, the former Sequoia China along with food delivery leader Meituan joined the recent funding round....
Read More »OpenAI Partners G42 for AI Advancement in the Middle East
G42’s recent partnership with OpenAI shows the company’s dedication to fostering AI adoption in the UAE. OpenAI, the brains behind the creation of the popular artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT has entered into a strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi’s technology conglomerate G42. In an announcement on Wednesday, the company said that the new collaboration will help advance the adoption of AI technologies in Dubai and across the Middle East market. G42 to Leverage OpenAI’s AI...
Read More »UK to Host Inaugural International Summit on AI Safety in November
The discussions during the summit will address the unpredictable nature of AI progress and the critical importance of maintaining human control over its development. The UK is gearing up to host the world’s inaugural international summit on artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the existing threats associated with this rapidly advancing technology. The two-day event will commence next month from November 1st until the 2nd with the aim of positioning the UK as a mediator between global...
Read More »Foxconn Joins Hands with Nvidia to Build AI Factories
The two chipmaking giants will work on building AI factories for electric vehicles where Nvidia plans to use its own chips and software for the development. Two chip-making giants – Foxconn and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA) – have finally come together to build “AI factories” and data centers for a range of applications including self-driving cars. The announcement came earlier today Wednesday, October 18. Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-way and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at Foxconn’s...
Read More »OpenAI Building Tool for Detecting AI-Generated Images
Aside from announcing the new tool, OpenAI executives also shared valuable insights into future AI models. OpenAI is working on a new tool capable of detecting AI-generated images with remarkable accuracy levels. Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, shared this development while speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech conference in Laguna Beach, California. According to Murati, the image detection tool has a reliability rate of 99% in determining if the source of an...
Read More »Tech Giants Gained $2.4 Trillion from Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2023
A new report notes that AI has brought trillions in good fortune to tech giants in the United States, like Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon. The ongoing AI explosion has benefited several tech companies in the US, adding trillions to their market capitalizations in a year. According to a venture capital firm Accel report, AI has helped US tech giants increase their valuations by $2.4 trillion. Tech Giants Enjoy AI Boom Accel published its annual Euroscape Report, noting the benefits tech...
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