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Apple plans to make a fortune from AI without inventing
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When you lack innovation fall back on taxation

Fruity cargo-cult Apple was caught completely flatfooted by AI, without a product or plan, but insiders in the frying saucer believe that it is unnecessary for now.

Meta starting to built its own AI chips
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Meta Training and Inference Accelerator can't play Crystalis yet

Meta is building its first custom chip specifically for running AI models. 

BT will gut its staff by at least a third
Published in AI


Hung, drawn and quartered on the BT Tower

BT Group is planning to lose between a half and a third of its staff by the end of 2030 and replace some of them with AI.

AMD seems to think the best way to beat Intel is to copy it
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Increase cores

AMD CTO Mark Papermaster thinks he will level the playing field between AMD and Intel in the CPU market essentially by copying what Chipzilla is doing.

Elon Musk claims to have invented OpenAI
Published in AI
Wednesday, 17 May 2023 11:13

Elon Musk claims to have invented OpenAI


Just like he did Tesla 

The soon to be former supreme twit Elon [look at me] Musk claims he invented OpenAI and even came up with the name.

AI makers ask US senate for regulation
Published in AI
Wednesday, 17 May 2023 10:07

AI makers ask US senate for regulation


Before it is too late 

AI bigwigs have been appearing before a US Senate Judiciary subcommittee to ask for some hard and fast regulations before things get out of hand.

Nvidia turns to AI to speed up manufacturing
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More for less to put this widget in that thing

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang said that artificial intelligence was being used to accelerate computer chip manufacturing and create advanced microprocessors.

Female “Influencer” "shocked" to discovered her AI was talking about sex
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Marjorie built an AI based on thousands of hours of recordings

Snapchat, "influencer" Caryn Marjorie (pictured) created a virtual version of herself "powered by the latest artificial intelligence technology and thousands of hours of her recordings.". Still, she was shocked to discover that men were mostly only using it for sex chats.

AI might deliver karma to management consultants
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Firms that recommended mass lay offs might be replaced

While there are concerns that AI will replace workers with algorithms, there is one area where it might serve up a big dose of karma on an industry which has put more workers on the breadline than any other – the consultants.

IBM launches new artificial intelligence and data platform
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Watsonx could bring AI to more businesses

IBM on Tuesday launched Watsonx, a new artificial intelligence and data platform to help companies integrate AI in their business.