Opinion: China uses the internet to disrupt U.S. and Western politics. What to watch for.

2023-12-09 04:45 AM by Tyler Fields

Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes. Unlike misinformation, which may be shared unwittingly or with good intentions, disinformation aims to foment distrust, destabilize institutions, discredit good intentions, defame opponents and delegitimize sources of knowledge such as science and journalism. Many governments engage in disinformation campaigns. For instance, the Russian government …

Cramer says AI stocks have more room to run

2023-12-08 05:31 PM by Eugen Boglaru

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday said the generative artificial intelligence craze is only beginning, adding that stocks associated with AI have more room to run even after this week’s huge gains. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told Cramer this week that generative AI will make his company’s web services tens of billions of dollars in the …

Community Workshop Discusses Needs For Reliable, Affordable And Understandable Internet | Sandwich News

2023-12-07 11:04 PM by Tyler Fields

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Amazon CEO says generative AI will change every customer experience

2023-12-07 05:02 PM by Eugen Boglaru

In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said generative AI will change the customer experience in the company’s enterprise and discretionary consumer business. “Generative AI is going to change every customer experience, and it’s going to make it much more accessible for everyday developers, and even business users, to use,” he …

AMD stock spikes after company launches AI chip to rival Nvidia

2023-12-07 01:58 PM by Eugen Boglaru

On Wednesday, AMD CEO Lisa Su discussed the previously announced Instinct MI300X, a large graphics processor designed for AI-oriented servers, and that Microsoft and Meta had committed to using the chip. Thursday’s rise in AMD shares suggests investors believe the chipmaker can take a chunk of the AI chip market from Nvidia. Lisa Su displays …

Meta and Microsoft to buy AMD’s new AI chip as alternative to Nvidia

2023-12-07 12:43 AM by Eugen Boglaru

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X — a sign that tech companies want alternatives to the expensive Nvidia graphics processors that have been essential for artificial intelligence. If the MI300X is good enough and inexpensive enough when it starts shipping early next year, it could lower …

Why a ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a problem for Big Tech

2023-12-05 11:10 PM by Eugen Boglaru

A global rush for the next wave of generative artificial intelligence is increasing public scrutiny on Big Tech’s expanding water footprint. Shaolei Ren, a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study investigating the resources needed to run buzzy generative AI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Ren and his colleagues found that …

Charter shares plunge after CFO says company may lose broadband subs

2023-12-05 11:54 AM by Tyler Fields

Charter shares plunged Tuesday after Chief Financial Officer Jessica Fischer said the company could lose broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter. Comcast shares also slid following the comments. The effects of higher interest rates and the Disney-Charter dispute are contributing to the company’s issues, Fischer added. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Charter shares …

Here are 2023’s most-viewed articles on Wikipedia

2023-12-05 05:46 AM by Tyler Fields

NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT (yes, the …

Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023’s most-viewed articles on the internet’s encyclopedia

2023-12-05 04:46 AM by Tyler Fields

NEW YORK — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT (yes, the AI …