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Nvidia unveils NVLink Fusion, which lets clients use NVLink to couple non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators with Nvidia's GPUs in their rack-scale setups to boost AI — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals' chips in data centers built around …
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Q&A with Jensen Huang on AI in the Middle East, the US Chip Diffusion rule, China, AI and GDP growth, Dynamo and full-stack Nvidia, enterprise, gaming, and more — This week's Stratechery Interview is running early this week, as I had the chance to speak in person with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang …
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Nvidia plans to build an AI supercomputer with Foxconn and Taiwan's government that will support local researchers and enterprises; TSMC plans to use the system — The company also said it is deepening partnerships with Taiwan's system manufacturers — Nvidia is deepening its partnerships …
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Sources detail Apple's AI efforts, John Giannandrea's tenure, Craig Federighi's reservations to invest in generative AI, and its acquisitions, including Siri — Insiders say continued failure to get artificial intelligence right threatens everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for robots and other futuristic products.
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The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales — Hackers have stolen a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales, the UK's Ministry of Justice said.
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Chinese state-backed company Huaneng deploys 100+ all-electric autonomous haul trucks powered by Huawei's 5G-Advanced network at the Yimin open-pit mine — Powered by tech giant Huawei 5G-Advanced network, a fleet of over 100 Huaneng Ruichi all-electric autonomous haul trucks …
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M, set to close in Q3, in the bankruptcy auction — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said it will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals … | Twinnie Siu / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai plans to inject $1.5B into its India unit via its Singaporean subsidiary, as production shifts away from China — The Taiwan-based company said in an exchange filing on Monday that it had made the investment through its Singaporean subsidiary.| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who transformed himself from an academic into a CEO; as of April, Anthropic was on track to hit $2B in annual revenue — Dario Amodei has transformed himself from an academic into the CEO of a $61 billion startup. — Anthropic Chief Executive … | Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts blame Big Tech lawyers' culture of lawlessness for Amazon, Apple, and Google being accused of abusing legal privilege in antitrust and other court cases — Amazon, Apple, Google are all being accused of abusing legal privilege in battles to strip away their power| Financial Times: |
How the UK's Met Office, Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, and startups leverage AI to make more accurate and detailed forecasts further into the future — Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the third-largest US school district, trained 1,000+ educators on AI and gave Gemini to 105K+ students, the largest US rollout — One morning in April, Tracy Lowd, a social studies teacher in Miami, tried a new approach to making government policy come alive for her high school students.| Reuters: |
China says the US must “immediately correct its wrongdoings” and stop “discriminatory” measures, after US guidance warning companies not to use Chinese AI chips — China on Monday urged the United States to “immediately correct its wrongdoings” and stop “discriminatory” …
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Some parent groups are hosting Alternative Device Fairs, which showcase phones with limited features, social media blocking, and AI age-based content filters — The dream of a phone without problems — On a recent commute to work, I texted my distant family about our fantasy baseball league … Sponsor Posts
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