A biological computing startup that uses neural patterns from rat brain cells to build artificial intelligence just got a major boost from Amazon. Starting Tuesday,…
Author: Lauren Goode
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
How do you interpret the resignation of that Anthropic engineer, who’s saying the companies are reckless and gambling with our lives? On the one hand,…
A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
Kepler also says it has improved the density of SRAM using ferroelectrics, which can read and write data at lower voltages than the mechanisms typically…
Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI
Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, which makes online developer tools and maintains a massive library of open-source data sets, for nearly $13 billion.…
Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
A huge debate is brewing in Silicon Valley over the proliferation of Chinese-made artificial intelligence tools, particularly “open-weight” AI systems that, by some measures, can…
Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers
Nvidia is hyping up its new Vera Rubin chip system this week, revealing new performance benchmarks for the GPU and CPU combo ahead of rival…
Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion
Qualcomm will acquire the Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion. The companies announced the acquisition on Wednesday; Qualcomm said it expects to…
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
Over time, the tech industry has developed and deployed variations on the fat-tree architecture. But the design has room for improvement. It’s generally reliable, but…
Anthropic Gets in Bed With SpaceX as the AI Race Turns Weird
Anthropic and Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Wednesday that the two entities have signed an agreement for Anthropic to use computing resources from xAI’s data…