Nvidia posts another record quarter amid record capital spending
Nvidia, the chip giant and the world’s most valuable company, reported record profits for its latest quarter on Wednesday as demand for AI computing continues to soar. “Global token demand has grown absolutely exponentially,” CEO Jensen Huang said in a post-earnings conference call with analysts. “I think we’re all seeing a situation where even GPUs […]
The White House wants AI companies to cover interest rate hikes. Most people have already said they would.
The proliferation of AI data centers connected to the national power grid is driving up electricity prices for consumers, with the national average electricity price rising more than 6% last year. This doesn’t bode well for incumbents facing elections this fall, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in last night’s State of the Union […]
US cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire straits due to President Trump’s cuts and layoffs.
The U.S. cybersecurity agency, CISA, is reportedly in dire straits, with concerns that its ability to carry out its core mission has diminished and left it unprepared for cybersecurity crises, according to a bipartisan group of lawmakers and industry leaders. Tim Starks of the news site CyberScoop spoke with officials in Congress, the private cyber […]
Alphabet’s robotics software company Intrinsic joins Google
Google is moving further into the realm of physical AI by bringing its familiar robotics software platform under its wing. Alphabet’s Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robots more accessible, will join Google, the companies announced Wednesday. Intrinsic will continue to be a separate entity within Google, but will work […]
The inside story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors said “betrayed” the United States will spend at least the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing hacking and surveillance tools and selling them to a Russian company. Peter Williams, a former executive at US defense contractor L3Harris, was sentenced on Tuesday to 87 months in […]
Public opposition to AI infrastructure intensifies
Dissatisfaction with the ever-increasing number of server farms accompanying the AI boom is exploding across the United States. The outrage has grown so loud that the legislative agenda is beginning to change. Some states and local communities are considering temporary bans on new data center development altogether. Earlier this month, New York state joined the […]
OpenAI COO says advertising will be an ‘iterative process’
Last month, OpenAI announced that it would be introducing ads to ChatGPT’s free and Go tier users. The company rolled out ads to U.S.-based users earlier this month after criticism from rivals such as Anthropic, which ran a spate of Super Bowl ads. On the sidelines of the India AI Summit, TechCrunch spoke to OpenAI […]
The OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and give yourself time to improve.
Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and subsequently hired by OpenAI, has advice for those experimenting with AI technologies, including AI agents. From his own experience, the best way to build today is to explore, be playful, and not expect to become an expert at what you do right away. “I’d like […]
Approximately 12% of US teens rely on AI for emotional support and advice
AI chatbots are becoming part of the lives of American teens, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. The most common uses of AI in this demographic include finding information (57%) and getting help with schoolwork (54%), but teens also use AI to fill roles typically filled by friends and family. […]
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