What are data centers—and why are they suddenly being built everywhere? In this episode of The Brief: Insights From The Inside, Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Joe Honan, CEO of Singularity Compute, to explain the data-center boom powering artificial intelligence. Honan breaks down what data centers actually do, why AI requires so much compute power, how much electricity and water these facilities use, and why communities across America are debating whether data centers are worth the cost. The debate is getting bigger than local zoning fights. A House Science Committee probe is now examining foreign funding and potential influence in opposition to American AI and energy infrastructure, citing a report that found activist groups…
Nvidia unveiled Cosmos 3, an open AI world model designed to help robots, autonomous vehicles and other physical systems better understand and predict real-world environments. Why it matters: Nvidia is continuing its move beyond chips into AI models and software, positioning itself to become a foundational platform for physical AI development. Driving the news: Nvidia says it trained Cosmos 3 on 20 trillion tokens of multimodal data, including nearly a billion images, 400 million real and synthetic videos, ambient audio, text and action data from humans and robots. - That action data is what makes Cosmos different from a regular video generator. It's meant to model how machines move, not just how scenes look, Ming-Yu Liu, VP of Nvidia's…
Nvidia unveiled Cosmos 3, an open AI world model designed to help robots, autonomous vehicles and other physical systems better understand and predict real-world environments. Why it matters: Nvidia is continuing its move beyond chips into AI models and software, positioning itself to become a foundational platform for physical AI development. Driving the news: Nvidia says it trained Cosmos 3 on 20 trillion tokens of multimodal data, including nearly a billion images, 400 million real and synthetic videos, ambient audio, text and action data from humans and robots. - That action data is what makes Cosmos different from a regular video generator. It's meant to model how machines move, not just how scenes look, Ming-Yu Liu, VP of Nvidia's…Open
Eight seconds on a bull has always been about instinct, not data. That's starting to change, as artificial intelligence moves into rodeo arenas and brings analytics to one of America's most tradition-bound sports. Why it matters: Rodeo has long defined itself as the last major American sport untouched by analytics. If AI takes hold in training and broadcasts, it won't just change how riders compete but redefine the cowboy's identity . State of play: The shift isn't just technological. It's cultural. - Cowboys are one of America's most enduring symbols of independence and tradition. Their embrace of AI could serve as a bridge between high-tech innovation and communities that often see it as threatening. - "We're applying real-world…
Eight seconds on a bull has always been about instinct, not data. That's starting to change, as artificial intelligence moves into rodeo arenas and brings analytics to one of America's most tradition-bound sports. Why it matters: Rodeo has long defined itself as the last major American sport untouched by analytics. If AI takes hold in training and broadcasts, it won't just change how riders compete but redefine the cowboy's identity . State of play: The shift isn't just technological. It's cultural. - Cowboys are one of America's most enduring symbols of independence and tradition. Their embrace of AI could serve as a bridge between high-tech innovation and communities that often see it as threatening. - "We're applying real-world…Open
