Google claims its new AI needs less hardware
Same performance as DeepSeek AI’s R1 with a single Nvidia H100 GPU i
Search outfit Google is claiming that its latest open-source model, Gemma 3, can match nearly the same performance as DeepSeek AI’s R1—while using just a single Nvidia H100 GPU instead of 32.
OpenAI growing like topsy
400M weekly active users, doubles enterprise customer base
OpenAI is riding a tidal wave of growth, with ChatGPT and its other AI products now boasting over 400 million active weekly users—a 33 per cent jump since December.
Nearly a third of AI chatbots share data
Google Gemini does the most evil
AI chatbots are harvesting user data at an alarming rate, with 30 per cent of them handing it over to third parties, including data brokers.
ChatGPT uses far less energy than thought
Epoch boffins find
A team of boffins from Epoch AI have emerged from their smoke filled labs having discovered that concerns over ChatGPT’s energy consumption may have been overstated.
AI, big data and cloud dominate hiring trends
GlobalData data report
According to the latest beancounters at GlobalData, the global job market experienced a 1.4 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2024, with AI, big data, and cloud computing emerging as key drivers of hiring trends.
Musk leads $97.4 billion takeover bid for OpenAI
Altman offers to take Twitter off Musk’s hands
A consortium of investors led by Swasticar maker Elon [Roman Salute] Musk has submitted a $97.4 billion offer to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
Italy bans DeepSeek
You give our data to the Chinese you sleep with the fishes
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked access to the Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek, citing insufficient information about its handling of personal data.
Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps
$150 Billion globally in 2024
Demand for generative AI drove consumer spending on mobile apps to $150 billion globally in 2024 -- a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.
OpenAI engineer and whistleblower dead
Apparent suicide
OpenAI engineer turned whistleblower Suchir Balaji has died at the age of 26. His death, confirmed as a suicide by San Francisco officials.
Half of LinkedIn posts AI-Generated
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about
More than half of the posts on LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media platform for business professionals, are likely generated by artificial intelligence.
