Microsoft accused of 'greenwashing' as AI used in fossil fuel exploration
Activists press Redmond to come clean on ‘material reputational, legal, and operational risks’
AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 18
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Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs
AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 17
US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt
And what do you know, Google's former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 117
Reddit CEO thanks AI for helping the site finally turn a profit
After 19 years of losses, all it took was a machine translation of its posts to get out of the red
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 14
OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon
Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 6
No-Nvidias networking club convenes in search of open GPU interconnect
Ultra Accelerator Link consortium promises 200 gigabits per second per lane spec will debut in Q1 2025
Networks30 Oct 2024 | 2
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses
Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 30
Cast a hex on ChatGPT to trick the AI into writing exploit code
'It was like watching a robot going rogue' says researcher
Cybersecurity Month29 Oct 2024 | 27
Softbank CEO says 'super AI' will arrive in 2035 and cost $9T
Video Oh, and it'll need the total current US power output
AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 21
xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster
Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 2
Linus Torvalds: 90% of AI marketing is hype
Linux kernel creator says let's see which workloads use GenAI in five years
AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 96
US Army turns to 'Scylla' AI to protect depot
Ominously-named bot can spot trouble from a mile away, distinguish threats from false alarms, says DoD
AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 3
The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI
Analysis At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
Google reportedly developing an AI agent that can control your browser
Project Jarvis will apparently conduct research, purchase products, and even book a flight on your behalf
AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 50
GenAI's dirty secret: It's set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste
New modelling shows tech could massively increase current volumes of electronic landfill by 2030
AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 26
Perplexity AI decries News Corp's 'simply false' data scraping claims
'They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations'
AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 24
The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source
Opinion Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone
Columnists25 Oct 2024 | 45
OpenAI loses another senior figure, disperses safety research team he led
Artificial General Intelligence readiness advisor Miles Brundage bails, because nobody is ready
AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 39
Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids
Station claims it's visionary, ex-employees claim it's cynical; reality appears way more fiscal
AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 53
Hugging Face puts the squeeze on Nvidia's software ambitions
AI model repo promises lower costs, broader compatibility for NIMs competitor
AI + ML24 Oct 2024 | 16
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If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap
60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector
VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation
This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping
Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years
India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time
Windows 10 given an extra year of supported life, for $30
MIcrosoft extends its Extended Security Updates club to consumers, at last
Hide the keyboard – it's the only way to keep this software running
On Call Lunch can be surprisingly dangerous. So can tea
Tower PC case used as 'creative cavity' by drug importer
Motherboard missing, leaving space for a million hits of meth
LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer
A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin
Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster
Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs
Microsoft accused of 'greenwashing' as AI used in fossil fuel exploration
Activists press Redmond to come clean on ‘material reputational, legal, and operational risks’
STORIES
With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply
How embarrassing for Samsung
AI + ML24 Oct 2024 |
Voice-enabled AI agents can automate everything, even your phone scams
All for the low, low price of a mere dollar
Security24 Oct 2024 | 23
Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong?
For starters, it could launch a prompt injection attack on itself...
AI + ML24 Oct 2024 | 8
AI firms and civil society groups plead for passage of federal AI law ASAP
Congress urged to act before year's end to support US competitiveness
AI + ML23 Oct 2024 | 8
Fujitsu delivers GPU optimization tech it touts as a server-saver
Middleware aimed at softening the shortage of AI accelerators
AI + ML23 Oct 2024 |
Sorry, but the ROI on enterprise AI is abysmal
Appen points to, among other problems, a lack of high-quality training data labeled by humans
AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 45
Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying
We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up
AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 16
Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation
Could organoid-driven computing be the future of AI power?
Science22 Oct 2024 | 32
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip
Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
Intern allegedly messed with ByteDance's LLM training cluster
No losses caused – except the intern's job – says TikTok parent
AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 18
Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November
Let bots manage your supply chain? What could possibly go wrong?
AI + ML21 Oct 2024 | 16
Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Interview 'I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale'
AI + ML21 Oct 2024 | 32
AI 'bubble' will burst 99 percent of players, says Baidu CEO
Asia In Brief Plus: Australian bank glitch empties accounts; China online slang crackdown; Toshiba teams with Airbus; and more
AI + ML20 Oct 2024 | 18
Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days
The static analyzer uses Claude AI to identify vulns and suggest exploit code
Security20 Oct 2024 | 9
Destiny Robotics settles SEC case over AI-powered human robot vaporware
Raised $141k+ crowdfunding, but now powered down
AI + ML18 Oct 2024 | 5
Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI
Claims their child will 'suffer irreparable harm' if the record stays
AI + ML16 Oct 2024 | 178
IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much
Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent
AI + ML16 Oct 2024 | 17
Asian tech ministers fear effective AI regulation will prove elusive
New Zealand isn't bothering. Singapore fears harms are inevitable
Public Sector16 Oct 2024 | 1
Automotive AI player Cerence appoints ex-Intel boss Brian Krzanich as its CEO
Public opinion is against him, as comments on LinkedIn go dark
AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 4
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India's Reserve Bank boss
Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity
AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 6
Anthropic's Claude vulnerable to 'emotional manipulation'
AI model safety only goes so far
AI + ML12 Oct 2024 | 42
Why send a message when you can get your Zoom digital video clone to read the script?
We're sure colleagues will find your lookalike, soundalike avatar's missive very warm and human
AI + ML11 Oct 2024 | 29
GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns
A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies
Software10 Oct 2024 | 3
AMD aims latest processors at AI whether you need it or not
Ryzen AI PRO 300 series leans heavily on Microsoft's Copilot+ PC requirements
AI + ML10 Oct 2024 | 6
OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff
Claims its models aren't making threat actors more sophisticated - but is helping debug their code
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 4
Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI
Let’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too
Science09 Oct 2024 | 5
Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again
Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data?
AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 28
Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design
Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center
Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2
OpenAI appoints international expansion boss
Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside
AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 4
LinkedIn: If our AI gets something wrong, that's your problem
Artificial intelligence still no substitute for the real thing
AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 21
Incumbent congressman not turning up to debates? Train an AI on his press releases
Hallucinations, made-up facts... and that's just the human politicians
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 10
Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts
NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never existed
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 12
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway'
Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 80
AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with more AI
Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 7
Where AI meets everyday business apps
Access Google’s Gemini at Work event to learn how AI can boost enterprise user productivity
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A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them
AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year
Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
China reportedly tells local AI buyers to ignore Nvidia
In Brief Plus: Google, Oracle, spend $9.5 billion on Asia datacenters; Philippines to tax clouds; Vietnam infosec praised; and more
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 3
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3
Struggling chipmaker scores another win
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts
Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable
Security07 Oct 2024 | 23
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity
How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power
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Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain
Hands on El Reg gets its claws in multimodal models - and shows you how to use them and what they can do
AI + ML06 Oct 2024 | 35
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Google expands visual, audio search, lets AI handle layout
AI Overviews get links to referenced websites – and ads
AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’
It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you
AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
Another OpenAI founder moves to arch-rival Anthropic
Just two of the gang of eleven remain as safety concerns swirl
AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 21
Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies
It's easy being Elon
AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 38
AI agent promotes itself to sysadmin, trashes boot sequence
Fun experiment, but yeah, don't pipe an LLM raw into /bin/bash
AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 94
China trains 100-billion-parameter AI model on home grown infrastructure
Research institute seems to have found Huawei to do it – perhaps with Arm cores - despite sanctions
AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 15
Cruise fined $1.5M for failing to report right away its robo-car dragged a pedestrian
Code-controlled taxi biz tiptoes back with supervised driving in Phoenix and Dallas
AI + ML01 Oct 2024 | 12
Watch your mirrors: Tesla Cybertrucks have 'Full' 'Self Driving' now
As eggheads reckon Musk-mobiles need human interventions every 13 miles
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 101
California governor vetoes controversial AI safety law, tells everyone to start over
Newsom doesn't want Golden State to lose its golden goose
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 14
Anthropic's UK revenue not enough to stop $4B Amazon union, says watchdog
Tie-up between AI toolmaker and Bezos biz doesn't qualify for merger partnership probe
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 5
Raspberry Pi AI Camera takes inferencing load off the CPU
HANDS ON Autofocus would have been nice, though
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 25
Kamala Harris campaign motorcade halted by confused robotaxis
Is this AI showing the would-be leader of the free world who's really the boss?
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 105
AI code helpers just can't stop inventing package names
LLMs are helpful, but don't use them for anything important
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 64
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more
OSes27 Sep 2024 | 119
OpenAI reportedly considering for-profit plans, but what would that be good for?
Opinion Even investors might not get much out of it
AI + ML27 Sep 2024 | 25
Data harvesting superapp admits it struggled to wield data – until it built an LLM
Engineers at Grab don't need to ask each other questions any more
AI + ML27 Sep 2024 | 9
FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions
From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M
AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover
33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told
Patches26 Sep 2024 | 18
OpenAI in throes of executive exodus as three walk at once
Looks like it's going to be the Sam Altman show from now on
AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 27
Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors
Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters
Legal26 Sep 2024 | 14
OpenAI to reveal secret training data in copyright case – for lawyers' eyes only
Counsel for aggrieved authors will view info in a secure room, without internet access, and no devices present
AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ
Add compliance requirements to your AI to-do list
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 31
Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters
With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes
Systems25 Sep 2024 | 26
US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall
No more cold calls: Recruit 360 pinpoints top prospects from millions
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 15
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI
Better or worse than a surprise U2 album?
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 37
AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand
Buying computers without the tech to get harder as chipmakers compete for cash, say analysts
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 33
NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own
Prithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good
Science25 Sep 2024 | 23
AI chatbot gets green light to hallucinate your investment portfolio
Service due to roll out later this month, despite fears AI will crash the market
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 18
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff
So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
Cloudflare tightens screws on site-gobbling AI bots
When robots.txt just ain't cutting the mustard
AI + ML24 Sep 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud claims its modular datacenter architecture shrinks build times by 50 percent
Also reveals boosted utilization rates, upgraded IaaS and more – all in the name of AI apps
Off-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 4
Dutch watchdog wants more powers after EU drops Microsoft Inflection probe
Concerns over the elimination of a future competitor through acquihiring
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 1
SiFive expands from RISC-V cores for AI chips to designing its own full-fat accelerator
Seems someone's looking for an Arm wrestle
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 4
LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in
Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 89
California governor goes on AI law signing spree, but demurs on the big one
Newsom still worried about SB 1047's 'chilling effect' on AI industry tax dollar revenue innovation in the state
AI + ML18 Sep 2024 | 16
Microsoft, BlackRock form fund to sink up to $100B into AI infrastructure
Tech is going to need datacenters and power sources, and a lot of 'em
AI + ML18 Sep 2024 | 6
No major AI model is safe, but some do better than others
Feature Anthropic Claude 3.5 shines in Chatterbox Labs safety test
AI + ML17 Sep 2024 | 14
S&P 500's AI FOMO fizzles: Less than half mentioned it in Q2 earnings
Is the hype over already?
AI + ML17 Sep 2024 | 3
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