Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Google’s carbon emissions have increased by 51% since 2019, as artificial intelligence is hindering the tech company’s efforts to transition…
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Tech startup wants to build new city dedicated to AI on Alameda Point
First there was “California Forever,” and now, “Frontier Valley?” While most people have by now heard of the proposed utopian…
Meta is offering multi-million pay for AI researchers, but not $100M ‘signing bonuses’
Meta is definitely offering hefty multi-million-dollar pay packages to AI researchers when wooing them to its new Superintelligence Lab. But…
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared
Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos —…
OpenAI hires team behind AI recommendation startup Crossing Minds
Crossing Minds, a startup that provides AI recommendation systems to e-commerce businesses, said on Thursday that its team is joining…
Meta in talks to acquire voice-cloning startup Play AI
Alongside bolstering its AI research talent pool, Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features. The…
Anthropic tests AI running a real business with bizarre results
Anthropic tasked its Claude AI model with running a small business to test its real-world economic capabilities. The AI agent,…