HarperCollins flogs backlist to AI company
Teaching AI how to write
Book publisher HarperCollins has partnered with an unnamed AI technology company to allow the limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models. Authors can opt into the agreement for a non-negotiable fee of $2,500.
El Capitan crowned most powerful supercomputer
When it comes to exaflops it is the floppiest
El Capitan has been ranked as the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It boasts a benchmark performance of 1.742 exaflops, or 1.742 quintillion calculations per second, far exceeding its initial target.
MSI unveils AI and HPC servers at Supercomputing 2024
The next AI wave
MSI has showcased its latest AI server based on the Nvidia MGX architecture and its DC-MHS server lineup powered by Chipzilla's Xeon 6 processors at Supercomputing 2024.
D-Wave creates Advantage2 Quantum Processor
25,000 times faster than predecessor
Quantum computing outfit D-Wage has been whipping its quantum cats into shape and lifted the kimono a new 4,400-plus-qubit quantum processing unit (QPU) named Advantage2.
Intel's Battlemage GPU set for December reveal
At least that is the rumour
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that the troubled Chipmaker Intel is unveiling its Battlemage GPU next month.
ChatGPT defeats the quacks
Doctors who use it are better than those who don’t
A new study has found that quacks who used ChatGPT to diagnose illnesses were better at it than those who relied on their experience.
Elon Musk's 'Apocalypse-Proof' cybertruck faces sixth recall
After the end of the world, Tesla will run repair shops
Elon [Look at me] Musk's so-called "apocalypse-proof" Cybertruck is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware
It wasn’t its government customers after all
Legal documents released during the ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed that the Israeli cyberweapons maker’s customers do not do dirty work.
Diamonds are chip’s best friend
Chip cooling sparkles
Akash Systems has secured a "non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms" for $18.2 million in CHIPS Act funding to scale up the production of its diamond-cooled semiconductors.
Google AI chatbot threatens student
Please die. Please
Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, threatened a Michigan college student during a conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults,