Technology
China restricts indium exports despite AI demand
China is intensifying its oversight of indium exports, prompting concerns among buyers that this specialised metal, essential for next-generation data centers, could be incorporated into the export control framework that has emerged as a significant tool in Beijing’s trade strategy.
Microsoft Corp. has established a substantial enterprise in providing AI models to Chinese firms, even amid the escalating competition between the United States and China regarding artificial intelligence. Social media and AI powerhouse ByteDance Ltd. has emerged as Microsoft’s foremost
Around the time ChatGPT and Github’s Copilot democratised access to AI, four MIT classmates, equipped with expertise in computer science and finance, resolved to participate in this burgeoning field. They were uncertain about the method. “It started from a very
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Monday involving Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, which accused rival Sam Altman’s OpenAI of misappropriating trade secrets related to chatbots. US District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco stated that xAI did
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who expressed concerns to senior officials in the Trump administration. This week, a source with knowledge of the situation informed about the security risks associated with Anthropic’s most advanced AI models. Jassy’s
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed employees that the social media giant has erred in its AI transformation of its workforce, as indicated in an internal memo. Zuckerberg is investing hundreds of billions of dollars into AI as he aims
On Wednesday, Anthropic aligned itself with the increasing demand for the artificial intelligence sector to explore methods to mitigate the disruptions caused by technology. The company unveiled an initial investment of $200 million aimed at researching the effects of AI
In an effort to obtain essential memory chips to support its AI goals and attract new clients, Nvidia announced on Monday a number of agreements in South Korea with IT behemoths like SK Hynix and Naver. The agreements were established
Can tech outsmart human thinking?
Modern history is replete with instances of human judgement influencing significant diplomatic occasions, from John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev negotiating the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to Henry Kissinger and Zhou Enlai’s conversations that prepared the way for China’s
AI might utilise 3% of global power by 2030
One argument frequently presented to address apprehensions regarding the escalating energy and resource requirements of data centres is that artificial intelligence models will necessitate less in the future as they advance and enhance their efficiency. However, this ostensibly rational reasoning
