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☆ Research in Graphene Shows New Potential for Its Use in Chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Walter de Heer, a professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a molecular model of graphene in his lab. Photo: Georgia Institute of TechnologyA team of scientists have determined graphene, the same substance found in common pencil lead, can act as a semiconductor—helping set it on the path to one day be turned into computer chips. The research, published in the scientific journal Nature last week, opens up the possibility that graphene, long a subject of scientific study, could be used as an alternative to silicon, the most prevalent material found in chips today.

Persons: Walter de Heer Organizations: Georgia Institute of Technology

☆ Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Meta Platforms, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has sought to stake its claim in the red-hot AI market as an open-source AI system through its Llama 2 AI model. Photo: CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERSMeta Platforms and International Business Machines launched a coalition of more than 50 artificial intelligence companies and research institutions that are pushing a so-called open model of AI, hoping to gain traction in a fast-growing market. The AI Alliance, whose members include Intel, Oracle , Cornell University and the National Science Foundation, said it is pooling resources to stand behind “open innovation and open science” in AI. Its members largely support open source, an approach in which technology is shared free and draws on a history of collaboration among Big Tech, academics and a fervent movement of independent programmers.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, CARLOS BARRIA Organizations: REUTERS, Business Machines, AI Alliance, Intel, Oracle, Cornell University, National Science Foundation, Big Tech

☆ OpenAI Rivals Move to Exploit Leadership Turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Google and other companies in the generative AI space see an opportunity to win over customers following the turmoil at OpenAI. Photo: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg NewsOpenAI’s rivals this week raced to capitalize on the turmoil engulfing the artificial intelligence powerhouse, targeting its customers with incentives to switch to their platforms. Google said its sales team launched a campaign to persuade customers to switch from OpenAI. It is matching OpenAI’s pricing, providing cloud credits if customers use its AI software and offering assistance switching to its platform. Amazon said recent events underscore the value of its selected generative AI strategy, whereby customers can choose between many AI systems versus going all-in on OpenAI or a single vendor.

Persons: Alex Kraus Organizations: Google, Bloomberg Locations: OpenAI

☆ Companies Tried to Spend Less on Cloud. Then AI Showed Up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Belle Lin | Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A manufacturing facility for commercial data servers used in cloud computing. Photo: Donna Carson/ReutersBusiness technology leaders are expecting their cloud spending to grow in 2024, an increase linked in part to the growth of new generative artificial intelligence services. “Our cloud usage is up, for example, driven by our use of generative AI in drug discovery,” said Diogo Rau , executive vice president, chief information and digital officer of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly . “The cloud is important for generative AI because it makes it possible to set up projects quickly and enables large, parallel computations to increase speed.”

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☆ AI’s Power-Guzzling Habits Drive Search for Alternative Energy Sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Crusoe Energy, which began as a cryptocurrency mining operation, converts flared gas into electricity that powers its data centers. Photo: Crusoe EnergyThe immense amount of energy needed to power generative artificial intelligence models, like the one behind ChatGPT, is creating a new market for data centers that run on alternative energy sources. Supply of electricity, which currently powers the vast majority of data centers, is already strained from existing demands on the country’s electric grids. AI could consume up to 3.5% of the world’s electricity by 2030, according to an estimate from IT research and consulting firm Gartner .

Organizations: Energy, Gartner

☆ Companies Look to Human Moderators to Keep AI Apps in Line
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Analysts say that content safety filters will soon become a requisite for enterprises to sign up for any generative AI-based tools vendors sell. Photo: dado ruvic/ReutersBusinesses weighing the risks and benefits of generative artificial intelligence are running up against a challenge social-media platforms have long wrestled with: preventing technology from being hijacked for malicious ends. Taking a page from those platforms, business technology leaders are turning to a mixture of software-based “guardrails” and human moderators to keep its use within prescribed bounds.

Persons: dado ruvic Organizations: Reuters

A bewildering array of new terms has accompanied the rise of artificial intelligence, a technology that aims to mimic human thinking. From generative AI to machine learning, neural nets and hallucinations, we’ve gained a whole new vocabulary. Here’s a guide to some of the most important concepts behind AI to help demystify one of the most impactful technology revolutions of our lifetime:

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☆ Voya Financial’s Technology Gets an Overhaul to Ready It for AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ IT Unemployment Soars to 4.3% Amid Overall Jobs Growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Congressional U.S.-China Commissioner Warns of Global Tech Supply Chain Risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Belle Lin | Steven Rosenbush | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Is Your AI Model Going Off the Rails? There May Be an Insurance Policy for That
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Oracle, Aiming for Cloud-Era Reinvention, Pitches Itself as the Cheaper Alternative
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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CIO JournalUptake of agtech tools has been tepid, and even many farmers who do use them struggle with the software and a flood of data from their farms.

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☆ Companies Look to Squeeze More Power Out of AI Chips
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ America’s Farmers Are Bogged Down by Data
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ AI Is Generating Security Risks Faster Than Companies Can Keep Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Home Depot’s Chief Information Officer on the Role of Tech After Pandemic Sales Boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Companies Weigh Growing Power of Cloud Providers Amid AI Boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ In Race for AI Chips, Google DeepMind Uses AI to Design Specialized Semiconductors
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CIOs Say Affirmative Action Ruling Could Set Back Progress in Tech Diversity
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Companies Look to Pay Tech Vendors Based on Business Outcomes, Not Usage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Databricks Strikes $1.3 Billion Deal for Generative AI Startup MosaicML
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Angus Loten | Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ What Was Running the Titanic Submersible? It Could Be a $49.99 Videogame Controller
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Salesforce Aims to Plug ‘AI Trust Gap’ With New Tech Tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Belle Lin | Angus Loten | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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