44 h. ago How is the tech industry thinking about AI's environmental impact?

We investigate how the tech industry is thinking about its environmental footprint as it invests in energy-consuming new AI models.

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1 week ago Nvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AI

The Open Power AI Consortium says it will use domain-specific AI models to tackle problems in the power industry. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 week ago DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion  Think Global Health

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1 week ago OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago

Noam Brown, who leads AI reasoning research at OpenAI, says “reasoning” AI models like OpenAI’s o1 could’ve arrived 20 years earlier had researchers “known [the right] approach” and algorithms. “There were various reasons why this research direction was neglected,” Brown said during a panel at Nvidia’s GTC conference in San Jose on Wednesday. “I noticed […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 week ago OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks certain AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago

Noam Brown, who leads AI reasoning research at OpenAI, says certain forms of “reasoning” AI models could’ve arrived 20 years earlier had researchers “known [the right] approach” and algorithms. “There were various reasons why this research direction was neglected,” Brown said during a panel at Nvidia’s GTC conference in San Jose on Wednesday. “I noticed […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 week ago Sequoia Capital to cut policy team and shutter Washington, D.C. office just as the tech industry increases its visibility under Trump

Sequoia Capital to cut policy team and shutter Washington, D.C. office just as the tech industry increases its visibility under Trump  Fortune

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1 week ago JD Vance claims freeing AI from regulation is good for American workers and tech innovators

On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said that the Trump administration’s support of AI and tech innovations should benefit both populists and those investing and leading tech companies.  “I think there’s too much fear that AI will simply replace jobs rather than augmenting so many of the things that we do now,” said Vance at […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 week ago J. D. Vance claims freeing AI from regulation is good for American workers and tech innovators

On Tuesday, Vice President J. D. Vance said that the Trump administration’s support of AI and tech innovations should benefit both populists and those investing and leading tech companies.  “I think there’s too much fear that AI will simply replace jobs rather than augmenting so many of the things that we do now,” said Vance […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Researchers publish blueprint to fuse wireless technologies and AI

There's a major difference between humans and current artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: common sense. According to a new paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the Next-G Wireless Lead at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, a true revolution in wireless technologies is only possible through endowing the system with the next generation of AI that can think, imagine, and plan akin to humans.

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2 w. ago European tech industry coalition calls for ‘radical action’ on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local

A broad coalition drawn from across the ranks of Europe’s tech industry is calling for “radical action” from European Union lawmakers to shrink reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure and services to bolster the bloc’s economic prospects, resilience, and security in increasingly fraught geopolitical times. In an open letter to European Commission president, Ursula von der […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago (Don't) click here to pay your tolls: How you can stop spam texts

"Smishing" scams aim to compromise your data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is getting worse, you're right.

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2 w. ago IBM’s CEO doesn’t think AI will replace programmers anytime soon

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that, despite the Trump Administration’s attacks on globalism, global trade isn’t dead. In fact, he thinks that the U.S.’s key to growth will be embracing an international exchange of goods. “So, I actually am a firm believer — I think it goes all the way back to the economists who […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago He fled Syria's war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

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3 w. ago Learn what VCs want to see from founders at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

It’s no secret that AI has eaten the lion’s share of funding over the past couple of years, with investments into the sector surging 62% to $110 billion in 2024 alone, while startup funding overall declined 12%.  Startups may think that just adding “AI” to their company’s name might help them secure that funding. But […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Cheap and environmentally friendly—the next generation of LEDs may soon be here

Cost, technical performance and environmental impact—these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Linköping University in a study published in Nature Sustainability.

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3 w. ago Poolside CEO says most companies shouldn’t build foundation models

Poolside co-founder and CEO Jason Warner didn’t mince words: He thinks that most companies looking to build foundation AI models should instead focus on building applications. Poolside is an AI-powered software development platform. Warner told the audience at the HumanX AI conference in Las Vegas on Monday that he doesn’t think anyone who doesn’t think […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance

Jim Sanborn’s inbox is flooded with amateur cryptographers who say they’ve cracked the code with chatbots like Grok 3.

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3 w. ago Apple step closer to seeing end of Indonesia iPhone sales ban

Indonesia approved local certificates for more than a dozen Apple products on Friday, the industry ministry said, moving the tech giant a step closer to having a ban lifted on iPhone sales in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

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3 w. ago 'I can't be friends with the machine': What audio artists working in games think of AI

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for voice actors and creatives, recently circulated a video of voice actor Thomas G. Burt describing the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on his livelihood.

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4 w. ago Exclusive: Zeldin Suggests Conditions for California Fire Aid, No Blank Checks

On Monday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said that he doesn’t think California fire relief money will be a blank check and the Trump administration has already started to think of ideas for what the state should do The post Exclusive: Zeldin Suggests Conditions for California Fire Aid, No Blank Checks appeared first on Breitbart.

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