Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Here ε is the emissivity of the object—how effective it is as a radiator (0 < ε < 1), σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, A ...
Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof
But a lot of these claims, it turns out, have very little—if any—actual proof behind them.Joshi is the author of a new report, rel...
Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power
Ask anyone what Nvidia makes, and they’re likely to first say “GPUs.” For decades, the chipmaker has been defined by advanced para...
This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up
Like many Silicon Valley companies today, Scout AI is training large AI models a...
This AI Tool Will Tell You to Stop Slacking Off
I've tested a lot of software tools over the years designed to block distractions and keep you focused. None of them work perfectl...
Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling
With coding and math, you have clear-cut, correct answers that you can check, William Isaac, a research scientist at Google DeepM...
Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift
Perplexity is abandoning plans to put ads in its AI search product as the industry looks for sustainable business models that won’...
Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online
Hany Farid, a professor at UC Berkeley who specializes in digital forensics but wasn’t involved in the Microsoft research, says t...
Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI
Code Metal, a Boston-based startup that uses AI to write code and translate it into other programming languages, just closed a $12...