OpenAI’s push for human-level AI is underway

OpenAI's push for human-level AI is underway

Reports of OpenAI’s move towards human-level artificial intelligence (AI) have the business world abuzz with visions of AI-powered commerce that could rewrite the rules of global trade – if the technology lives up to the hype. General artificial intelligence (AGI) represents a hypothetical leap beyond current AI, aiming to match or exceed human cognitive abilities … Read more

Web Outages Tracked Catchpoint’s Live Internet Outage Map

Web Outages Tracked Catchpoint's Live Internet Outage Map

The network is always active, except when it appears to be down. The catch point The network is constantly connected. This means that the Internet is always on, except when it is off. To be clear, the Internet never actually “turns off” as such because the cloud service provider’s data center servers that run the … Read more

AMD’s AI chief explains how it’s tackling Nvidia’s ‘lock-in’ and GPU shortage with an open-source approach

AMD's AI chief explains how it's tackling Nvidia's 'lock-in' and GPU shortage with an open-source approach

An AMD executive said his company is taking an open-source approach as it challenges Nvidia in the chip wars. Ramine Roane, corporate vice president of data center, cloud and AI at AMD, addressed the GPU shortage and the company’s approach on stage at Reuters’ Momentum AI conference in San Jose, California, on Tuesday. Both AMD … Read more

The Trump assassination attempt meets the age of internet brain rot

The Trump assassination attempt meets the age of internet brain rot

After a gunman attacked Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, the first bits of media to emerge were startling photos of Trump, blood streaming down his face, defiantly throwing a punch as police officers The Secret Service escorted him off the stage. My colleague Benjamin Wallace-Wells described this scene, as captured … Read more

Apple is convincing Wall Street it knows how to market AI: Morning Brief

Apple is convincing Wall Street it knows how to market AI: Morning Brief

That’s The Takeaway from this morning’s Brief, which you can do register to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Showing up late to a party has its perks. Just ask Apple. While Tim Cook’s first peers were stumbling over AI missteps, boardroom drama and a public backlash, he walked through the door carrying … Read more