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Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza

Extropic, a startup developing an exotic new kind of computer chip that handles probabilistic bits, has produced its first working hardware along with proof that more advanced systems can tackle useful tasks...

Rise of the Killer Chatbots

At a secret US military base located about 50 miles from the Mexican border—exact location: classified—the defense contractor Anduril is testing a remarkable new use for a large language model. I attended...

AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too

AI models may be a bit like humans, after all.A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models fed a diet...

This Open Source Robot Brain Thinks in 3D

European roboticists today released a powerful open-source artificial intelligence model that acts as a brain for industrial robots—helping them grasp and manipulate things with new dexterity.The new model, SPEAR-1, was developed by...

The AI Industry’s Scaling Obsession Is Headed for a Cliff

A new study from MIT suggests the biggest and most computationally intensive AI models may soon offer diminishing returns compared to smaller models. By mapping scaling laws against continued improvements in model...

This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment

Ever since DeepSeek burst onto the scene in January, momentum has grown around open source Chinese artificial intelligence models. Some researchers are pushing for an even more open approach to building AI...

OpenAI’s Blockbuster AMD Deal Is a Bet on Near-Limitless Demand for AI

OpenAI announced on Monday that it will acquire several data centers’ worth of chips from AMD in a blockbuster deal that could also give OpenAI the option to acquire a roughly 10...

Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye

Before you close this browser tab, just know that you risk missing out on some very important information. If you want to understand the subtle hold that artificial intelligence has over you,...

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