CEOs of Intel, OpenAI chat about future of AI and ‘mind-boggling’ need for chips

CEOs of Intel, OpenAI chat about future of AI and ‘mind-boggling’ need for chips

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two tech CEOs scrambling to produce more of the sophisticated chips needed for artificial intelligence met for a brainstorming session Wednesday while the booming market’s early leader reported another quarter of eye-popping growth. Intel INTC , a Silicon Valley pioneer that has been struggling in recent years, laid out its plans …

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Opinion: OpenAI’s Sam Altman has plans for AI that could mean big money for Intel

Opinion: OpenAI’s Sam Altman has plans for AI that could mean big money for Intel

I’m bullish on Intel for three main reasons: the leadership of Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, the company’s strong ecosystem and Intel’s INTC ambitious foundry business — which has perhaps found the perfect moment to become the most important driver of Intel’s future.  Open AI CEO Sam Altman drew widespread attention recently when he appealed for up …

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Tesla to install $500M supercomputer in Buffalo

Tesla to install 0M supercomputer in Buffalo

Jonathan D. Epstein ,  David Robinson Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that two giant computing projects totaling more than $900 million in state and private-sector investment are coming to the Buffalo area, as advanced technology and especially artificial intelligence take on an increasingly prominent role in business and life in general. Tesla Inc., the electric …

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SoftBank leads $104 million investment in travel startup TravelPerk

SoftBank leads 4 million investment in travel startup TravelPerk

TravelPerk CEO and co-founder Avi Meir. TravelPerk TravelPerk primarily uses AI technologies like machine learning and neural networks in the back end to help automate a lot of the manual tasks involved in corporate travel — for example, connecting users with the best prices for flights and accommodation. “Traditionally, if you look at legacy players, …

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Amazon gives first look at Project Kuiper satellite internet antennas

Amazon gives first look at Project Kuiper satellite internet antennas

The company’s “standard” customer terminal, the middle of the trio of Project Kuiper satellite antennas at under 11 inches square and weighing under five pounds. Amazon “Every technology and business decision we’ve had has centered on what will deliver the best experience for different customers around the world, and our range of customer terminals reflect …

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Deaths, burst pipes, icy roads, restoring internet MS winter storm

Deaths, burst pipes, icy roads, restoring internet MS winter storm

As temperatures began to rise above freezing for most portions of the state Wednesday afternoon, city and state officials said they are still working to ensure that essential services and infrastructure remain functional. Temperatures throughout the state Monday night going through Wednesday morning were in the single and teen digits even reaching record lows in …

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AI-powered traffic control on I-30? A ‘digital corridor’ proposal could make it possible

AI-powered traffic control on I-30? A ‘digital corridor’ proposal could make it possible

Imagine an ambulance traveling through Dallas city streets on its way to respond to an emergency and every light it encounters turns green, speeding its response along a map routed out precisely by artificial intelligence. That’s just one possibility the officials behind a proposal to create a regional technology corridor stretching from Dallas to Fort …

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Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellite internet prototypes

Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellite internet prototypes

“We’ve done extensive testing here in our lab and have a high degree of confidence in our satellite design, but there’s no substitute for on-orbit testing,” Project Kuiper vice president of technology Rajeev Badyal said in a statement before the launch. United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s …

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Jeff Bezos plays down AI dangers, says people should live in giant space stations

Jeff Bezos plays down AI dangers, says people should live in giant space stations

Artificial intelligence is more likely to save humanity than to destroy it, Jeff Bezos said recently. The billionaire also said he would like to see the human population grow to one trillion, with most people living in huge cylindrical space stations. In an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, the Amazon AMZN founder and former CEO …

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