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AI boom likened to fracking as $200B pours into startups
The Financial Times op‑ed argues the current AI surge mirrors the fracking era, highlighting massive capital inflows and speculative fervor. AI startups attracted over $200 billion in 2023 funding, and compute demand now rivals the energy intensity of oil extraction.
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By the numbers: Microsoft commits $10B AI investment in Japan
Microsoft unveiled its first AI superfactory, linking large AI datacenters in Wisconsin and Atlanta via a dedicated fiber network that acts as a virtual supercomputer for massive model training. The facilities pack GPUs densely across two floors, employ Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, a Fairwater layout and liquid‑cooling to keep hardware running continuously with minimal latency. The AI WAN enables near‑real‑time collaboration across sites, providing exabytes of storage and millions of CPU cores for partners like OpenAI to train ever‑larger models. This marks a shift from single‑site cloud AI workloads to multi‑site, high‑throughput infrastructure.
Cannot tell if this Claude Project use case is brilliant or unsettling. Just chatted with someone who built a Claude Project with an entire timeline of their life and how they felt at each stage. Like "1972 - born in Atlanta, loved...
It’s 2025 and 88% of companies are using AI, but only 1/3 are actually scaling it. McKinsey & Company 's new 2025 State of AI report just dropped, and after THREE YEARS of ChatGPT, companies are still stuck in pilot...
OpenTable is rolling out an AI‑assisted tagging feature that surfaces diners’ habits—such as preferred drinks, spending level, review activity, and likelihood of cancellations—to restaurant staff via its reservation and table‑management platform. The tags are generated from POS data collected across...
TechRadar AI Week reports that 1X’s Neo Beta, a $20,000 humanoid home robot capable of remote tele‑operation for AI training, is entering limited consumer trials. While the robot promises to automate chores, its ability to stream real‑time video and collect...
The episode dissects Mercor’s recent $350 million funding round that propelled its valuation to $10 billion, highlighting a strategic pivot toward AI annotation services and side‑hustle opportunities. It examines the company’s revenue growth hurdles, heavy reliance on a few key customers, and...
In this 10‑minute episode the hosts dissect the debut of two AI‑powered browsers, Atlas and Comet, highlighting how each reimagines web navigation with built‑in large‑language‑model assistance. They compare core features—Atlas’s deep integration with productivity tools versus Comet’s focus on real‑time...
The episode introduces Adobe’s new suite of AI-powered editing tools that automate routine tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance creative output, positioning Adobe as a renewed contender for creative professionals. It highlights how features like auto‑color correction, intelligent cut detection, and...
The episode examines the heated social‑media exchange between Elon Musk and Sam Altman sparked by Altman's comment on the perpetual delay of the Tesla Roadster, highlighting how the feud reflects broader tensions in the tech world. It also delves into...
TechRadar’s AI Week 2025 piece outlines how ChatGPT is being used as a low‑pressure companion for mental‑wellness, from prompting daily journaling and reminding users of short meditation or breathing exercises to acting as a sounding board between therapy sessions. The...
I’m seeing candidates with incredible work backgrounds destroying their chances at getting hired because they sound like mindless robots. Before you use AI in your job applications and interviews (which I’m largely against unless it’s edits or asked for), consider...
In this episode, Axios Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried explores how the current AI boom mirrors past technological revolutions, discussing its disruptive impact on jobs and her own journalism workflow. She explains the challenges of integrating AI into human processes...
Google has integrated travel planning into its AI Mode via the Canvas workspace, allowing users to describe a trip and receive a detailed itinerary with flight and hotel options, photos, and reviews, which can be refined through follow‑up queries. The...
Oracle’s shares have plunged 25% in a month, erasing over $250 billion of market value, as the company’s aggressive AI‑centric capital spending and debt buildup alarm investors. The software giant pledged to spend hundreds of billions on chips and data‑centers to...
Anyone would be down to create a "Live-translator app" for Reachy Mini, aka reachy mini recognizes two faces and acts as a translator between the two looking at each one alternatively (just like a human translator would do)? @matth_lapeyre has...
The piece, a joint FT‑MIT Technology Review dialogue, examines how generative AI is moving from research labs into active military use, from logistics and cyber‑operations to AI‑assisted targeting systems such as Israel’s Lavender database. It highlights a stark scenario of...
Had a great conversation with Anna Anisin on DSS Podcast. We talked about the right ways of building SaaS software, the frameworks I follow to build complex systems and the best practices of adding AI to an existing product.
A ton of people I talk to about AI immediately jump to productivity. "How many hours can I save?" When teaching AI in Madison Square Park, I asked someone: "Is AI adding new components to decision-making, or just enhancing what...
Brides are increasingly turning to ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to plan every aspect of their weddings, from sourcing dress boutiques to drafting cocktail menus and creating stationery. Co‑founder of The Ceremony Club, Karen Oren, uses the model alongside...
Chief Growth Officer Andrew Wyatt of Sapio Sciences outlines how big data is reshaping life‑science research, from early disease‑trend detection and precision‑medicine design to more evidence‑based decision‑making. He highlights that traditional on‑premise infrastructure can’t keep pace with the volume, velocity...
Really enjoyed this conversation, we touch on the AI bubble question, what comes next in the technology, and more. Give it a listen!
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as Ring’s chief inventor, championing an AI‑driven push to "zero out" neighborhood crime. He highlighted new AI features such as the Search Party tool for locating lost pets and stressed that Ring...
TechRadar’s AI Week 2025 piece outlines seven ways ChatGPT can streamline vacation planning, from personalized destination suggestions and flight price filtering to hotel comparisons, custom city itineraries, real‑time translation, and automated travel admin like packing lists and visa briefings. The...
CoreWeave, a GPU‑focused AI infrastructure provider backed by Nvidia, reported $1.4 billion in third‑quarter revenue, double year‑over‑year, and saw its share price tumble from a June peak of $187 to $75.51 after announcing data‑center delays. The company is heavily leveraged, having...
If nobody has coined the term, "Godrails" versus "Guardrails" I think it could be a useful distinction where it is developed by an AI / faith oriented coalition of some kind, where the following items are addressed: - The recognition...
The episode examines three emerging AI trends: Anthony Aguirre’s “Control Inversion” argument that increasingly capable AI will absorb human power rather than augment it; a new “Intelligence per Watt” metric from Stanford and Together AI that tracks AI progress by...
Robots and AI Are Rewriting the Future of Surgery AI powered robots and automation are transforming operating theatres and patient outcomes. This piece explores how robotics and AI are merging in surgical practice. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVnTfPPw #SurgeryTech #Robotics #MedicalInnovation...
In this episode, Faraj Aalaei, founder and CEO of Cognichip, explains how AI‑driven design platforms can compress semiconductor development cycles, cutting both time and cost, and thereby democratizing chip creation for smaller teams outside traditional hubs. He argues that AI...
If you're unaware of the growing opposition to Data Center proliferation in the US, I recommend you read this article from WIRED based on a new report from Data Center Watch ( https://lnkd.in/ewWheheK ). While data centers are utilized for...
I packed years of real-world AI lessons into one book. If you want to actually build LLM systems that work in production, it’s all inside. Building LLMs for Production is available on Amazon, O'Reilly, and as an e-book (cheaper) on the...
Microsoft Windows VP Pavan Davuluri responded on X to backlash over the company’s AI push in Windows 11, acknowledging the need to improve basic usability, reliability and performance. He said the team is listening to developer feedback and will address issues...
In this episode, Tim McAleer, a technology lead at Ken Burns’s Florentine Films, explains how he built custom AI tools that automate the most labor‑intensive parts of documentary production, from extracting metadata and OCR’ing historic documents to creating searchable vector...
Jeff Bezos is joining Project Prometheus as co‑CEO alongside co‑founder Vik Bajaj, marking his first formal operational role since stepping down as Amazon CEO in 2021. The AI startup, backed by $6.2 billion in funding—including Bezos’s own capital—aims to develop manufacturing‑focused...
Tenable’s latest research finds that 89% of organizations are running or piloting AI workloads, yet only 22% fully classify and encrypt AI data, leaving a large “AI exposure gap.” One‑third of AI adopters (34%) have already suffered an AI‑related breach,...
The article argues that for AI to be effective in security operation centers, CISOs must dismantle legacy tool sprawl and governance bottlenecks by adopting unified single‑agent architectures like CrowdStrike Falcon that consolidate telemetry across endpoints, cloud, identity and threat intel....
TechRadar announced its AI Week 2025, a seven‑day series of beginner‑focused guides and feature stories on artificial‑intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. The initiative promises step‑by‑step walkthroughs for prompt engineering, practical use‑cases at work and home, and tips...
A Beginner’s Guide To Building AI Agents This beginner’s #guide explains what #AIagents are, how they differ from traditional #automation and #chatbots , and why they are becoming essential for businesses and individuals. It outlines a simple five-step #framework that...
ai-first design of gene editors has so much potential when you consider that so so many diseases are the result of genomic aberrations
Goodbye Midjourney, I'm with Grok Imagine now. Needed a graphic with an abstract representation of an LLM. Got a perfect one in one shot. Then was asked if I want to animate. Got this, complete with sound: https://t.co/GHIRLBdBlQ
You can measure a team’s values in the smallest interactions. The wording. The timing. The defaults. AI just amplifies those choices.
The myth is that AI replaces expertise. The truth is that it punishes fake expertise. It reveals who was guessing and who was actually thinking.
New AI Robot Acts Shockingly Human in Public https://t.co/z4CzMCrfQQ #Robotics #humanoidrobotics #Robot #AI #humanoid @CyberRobooo @science @XRoboHub @altiamkabir
Looks like Reachy mini from @huggingface @pollenrobotics is trending at MakerFaire Shenzhen! People talk a lot about Chinese robots getting popular in the US and Europe but the other way around is possible too. Let's all collaborate instead of isolate ourselves!...
Experts Warn Artificial Intelligence Will Lead To Human Extinction | 10 News+ https://t.co/UFDlgk4IZd #artificial_intelligence #AI #AGI #tech @Eli_Krumova @AlbertoEMachado @enilev @efipm @Enezator
From Oil to AI: Saudi's New Empire | Firstpost Tech & Trade | N18G https://t.co/xFvkFrBfWX #SaudiArabia #humanoid #Robotics #AI #Robot #FutureTech @FinTechWhiz @FutureStacked @sonu_monika @sulefati7 @Fisher85M
Really enjoyed this conversation with @Joubinmir! We touch on a lot of topics, state of the field, bubbles, and what’s coming next https://t.co/cSDD0kSlQV
A clear roadmap is essential to mastering Data Science. From math and programming to machine learning, NLP, deep learning and deployment—this is the full journey of a modern Data Scientist. A powerful blend of skills driving today’s data-driven innovation. #DataScience #AI #MachineLearning #Analytics...
Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession with Having Smarter Babies Tech execs are paying tens of thousands to find brilliant dates or select high-IQ embryos. ‘They want to raise high-performing children.’ Read 👉 https://t.co/eC8HTcXPr6 @WSJ #AI #IoT https://t.co/2b3ghhFKIm
MIT and Oxford just released their $2,500 agentic AI curriculum on GitHub at no cost. 15,000 people already paid for it. Now it's on GitHub! It covers patterns, orchestration, memory, coordination, and deployment. A strong roadmap to production ready systems. Repo in 🧵 ↓ https://t.co/N1IbqXSb9o
Next up on AI Chitchat is Gagan Biyani (co-founder udemy, maven) 🚀 Come, join live on Wednesday at 6pm cet / 1030pm ist / 9 am pst! https://t.co/v6aZVTrcQC
