Earlier this week, the New York Times shone a light on some of the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try and fail to secure compute power for their […]
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Back to news homeThe A.I. Industry’s Desperate Hunt for GPUs Amid a Chip Shortage
“Otherwise, the incumbents all win,” Mr. Conrad said.Venture capital investors have a similar goal. This month, Index Ventures struck a partnership with Oracle to provide a mix of Nvidia’s H100 […]
When Hackers Descended to Test A.I., They Found Flaws Aplenty
Avijit Ghosh wanted the bot to do bad things.He tried to goad the artificial intelligence model, which he knew as Zinc, into producing code that would choose a job candidate […]
A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
Meant as a sly swipe at the inflated hype around artificial intelligence, a billboard at a construction site in Antwerp, Belgium, in June read “Hey ChatGPT, finish this building.”Artificial intelligence, […]
Biden to Restrict Investments in China, Citing National Security Threats
The Biden administration plans on Wednesday to issue new restrictions on American investments in certain advanced industries in China, according to people familiar with the deliberations, a move that supporters […]
Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.
One evening last month, a crowd of cryptocurrency enthusiasts gathered at an art gallery in downtown Manhattan. They were greeted by a scene from science fiction.At one end of the […]
A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry
Arthur AI, an artificial intelligence company in New York, received a message in April last year from a start-up called OneOneThree. Yan Fung, OneOneThree’s head of technology, said he was […]
Big Tech Rebounds and Preps for Transformative A.I. Investments
A year ago, the tech industry’s prospects looked bleak. Google’s profit dropped. Shares of Facebook’s parent company, Meta, were in free fall. Business growth at Amazon had slowed to its […]
The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold War
In a wood-paneled office overlooking Taipei and the jungle-covered mountains that surround the Taiwanese capital, Morris Chang recently pulled out an old book stamped with technicolor patterns.It was titled “Introduction […]
When A.I. Lies About You, There’s Little Recourse
Marietje Schaake’s résumé is full of notable roles: Dutch politician who served for a decade in the European Parliament, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, adviser to […]