Quantum computers could turbo-charge AI
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Monday, 14 August 2023 10:30

Quantum computers could turbo-charge AI


Give it the muscle it needs

Quantum computing could turbo-charge AI into something "massively, universally transformative," according to the South China Morning Post.

Universal Music Group and Google want to dig up dead pop stars with AI
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Keep cutting tracks long after the singer is dead

Universal Music Group and Google are considering developing a tool that people can use to create AI-generated music using popular artists' voices and melodies.

AI is the new tool of the patriarchy
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Thursday, 27 July 2023 11:28

AI is the new tool of the patriarchy


Sending working women back to the 1900s

A new study by the McKinsey Global Institute claims that AI will kick more women than men out of the workforce.

Chinese boffins create RISC-V CPU in five hours
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AI is risky business

A group of Chinese scientists has published (PDF) a paper titled Pushing the Limits of Machine Design: Automated CPU Design with AI in which they tell the epic adventure of how they created  a new industrial-scale RISC-V CPU in under five hours.

AMD is getting closer to Nvidia on AI
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Monday, 03 July 2023 11:44

AMD is getting closer to Nvidia on AI


MosaicML has a look under the bonnet of both

Artificial intelligence chips from AMD are about 80 per cent as fast as those from Nvidia but the way its chips are designed means that it is going to match its performance soon.

Micron thinks AI will save it from China crisis
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Reporting a huge third-quarter loss but sees light at end of tunnel 

Micron reported a third-quarter loss and a 57 per cent drop in revenue yesterday, but its Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra said that things could only get better.

SAP sees a bright future for AI
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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 11:28

SAP sees a bright future for AI


Another buzz word for us to make money from

The maker of expensive management software, which no one can be sure what it does, SAP has had its eyes lighting up over generative AI, according to its CEO.

People training AI models outsourcing to AI
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What could go wrong

A significant proportion of people paid to train AI models may be themselves outsourcing that work to AI, a new study has found.

AMD plans $135 million in 6G
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Thursday, 22 June 2023 11:20

AMD plans $135 million in 6G


Money spent in Ireland

AMD plans to invest $135 million in strategic research and development projects in Ireland over the next four years.

German church replaces priest with AI
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Thursday, 22 June 2023 11:09

German church replaces priest with AI


Much more precise

A church in Germany has held the first AI-driven mass in a move that some might feel is a reform too far.