On the bank of the river that runs through the Swedish town of Borlänge, construction is underway on a sprawling new data center. The site…
Author: Joel Khalili
OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office
OpenAI has announced plans to turn its London office into its largest research hub outside of the United States. The company—which established a UK office…
The Small English Town Swept Up in the Global AI Arms Race
A short drive from London, the town of Potters Bar is separated from the village of South Mimms by 85 acres of rolling farmland segmented…
AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator
The largest western AI labs are taking a break from sniping at one another to partner on a new accelerator program for European startups building…
Mistral's New Ultra-Fast Translation Model Gives Big AI Labs a Run for Their Money
Mistral AI has released a new family of AI models that it claims will clear the path to seamless conversation between people speaking different languages.…
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
If you ask Yann LeCun, Silicon Valley has a groupthink problem. Since leaving Meta in November, the researcher and AI luminary has taken aim at…
The Race to Build the DeepSeek of Europe Is On
Against that backdrop, Europe’s reliance on American-made AI begins to look more and more like a liability. In a worst case scenario, though experts consider…
America’s Biggest Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI
One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a…