Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending are mounting.
China’s A.I. rise is creating a new dilemma for Beijing. The open models that win influence abroad may pose risks to the country’s security and geopolitical strategy.
pixabay By Joseph Ford Cotto America stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end.
Researchers at Caltech and Sophia Space, a start-up, have developed a technology using solar power to prevent computer equipment from overheating in orbit.
Amazon is reevaluating its AI strategy by downsizing its Nova AI models and redirecting resources toward robotics-focused development.
Amazon is reevaluating its AI strategy by downsizing its Nova AI models and redirecting resources toward robotics-focused development. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Amazon is scaling back much of its in-house artificial intelligence development after several of its Nova AI models failed to meet expectations. The company is reportedly placing most of its text, image, and video generation models into a maintenance mode that provides only minimal resources, while shifting staff and computing power to a single frontier AI project led by Pieter Abbeel, the former co-founder of robotics startup Covariant, which Amazon acquired in 2024. DETAIL: The move is intended to concentrate resources on the company’s highest-priority AI initiatives,…Open
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.
What do you do when a $25 billion complex is under construction nearby? One couple in Abilene had an idea.
As Silicon Valley debates how artificial intelligence software should be created, “open weights” have been a major part of the discussions. Here’s what to know.
AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.
AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.Open
The company is continuing to back A.I. systems that can be freely used by others amid a continuing debate over the use of Chinese-made technology.