OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 7
No-Nvidias networking club convenes in search of open GPU interconnect Ultra Accelerator Link consortium promises 200 gigabits per second per lane spec will debut in Q1 2025 Networks30 Oct 2024 | 2
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 35
Cast a hex on ChatGPT to trick the AI into writing exploit code 'It was like watching a robot going rogue' says researcher Cybersecurity Month29 Oct 2024 | 28
Softbank CEO says 'super AI' will arrive in 2035 and cost $9T Video Oh, and it'll need the total current US power output AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 22
xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
Linus Torvalds: 90% of AI marketing is hype Linux kernel creator says let's see which workloads use GenAI in five years AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 101
US Army turns to 'Scylla' AI to protect depot Ominously-named bot can spot trouble from a mile away, distinguish threats from false alarms, says DoD AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 3
The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI Analysis At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
Google reportedly developing an AI agent that can control your browser Project Jarvis will apparently conduct research, purchase products, and even book a flight on your behalf AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 50
GenAI's dirty secret: It's set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste New modelling shows tech could massively increase current volumes of electronic landfill by 2030 AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 26
Perplexity AI decries News Corp's 'simply false' data scraping claims 'They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations' AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 24
The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source Opinion Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone Columnists25 Oct 2024 | 45
OpenAI loses another senior figure, disperses safety research team he led Artificial General Intelligence readiness advisor Miles Brundage bails, because nobody is ready AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 39
Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids Station claims it's visionary, ex-employees claim it's cynical; reality appears way more fiscal AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 53
Hugging Face puts the squeeze on Nvidia's software ambitions AI model repo promises lower costs, broader compatibility for NIMs competitor AI + ML24 Oct 2024 | 16
With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply How embarrassing for Samsung AI + ML24 Oct 2024 |
Voice-enabled AI agents can automate everything, even your phone scams All for the low, low price of a mere dollar Security24 Oct 2024 | 28
Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong? For starters, it could launch a prompt injection attack on itself... AI + ML24 Oct 2024 | 8
AI firms and civil society groups plead for passage of federal AI law ASAP Congress urged to act before year's end to support US competitiveness AI + ML23 Oct 2024 | 8
Fujitsu delivers GPU optimization tech it touts as a server-saver Middleware aimed at softening the shortage of AI accelerators AI + ML23 Oct 2024 |
Sorry, but the ROI on enterprise AI is abysmal Appen points to, among other problems, a lack of high-quality training data labeled by humans AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 45
Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 16
Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation Could organoid-driven computing be the future of AI power? Science22 Oct 2024 | 32
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
Intern allegedly messed with ByteDance's LLM training cluster No losses caused – except the intern's job – says TikTok parent AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 18
Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November Let bots manage your supply chain? What could possibly go wrong? AI + ML21 Oct 2024 | 17
Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley Interview 'I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale' AI + ML21 Oct 2024 | 32
AI 'bubble' will burst 99 percent of players, says Baidu CEO Asia In Brief Plus: Australian bank glitch empties accounts; China online slang crackdown; Toshiba teams with Airbus; and more AI + ML20 Oct 2024 | 18
Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days The static analyzer uses Claude AI to identify vulns and suggest exploit code Security20 Oct 2024 | 9
Destiny Robotics settles SEC case over AI-powered human robot vaporware Raised $141k+ crowdfunding, but now powered down AI + ML18 Oct 2024 | 5
Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI Claims their child will 'suffer irreparable harm' if the record stays AI + ML16 Oct 2024 | 178
IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent AI + ML16 Oct 2024 | 17
Asian tech ministers fear effective AI regulation will prove elusive New Zealand isn't bothering. Singapore fears harms are inevitable Public Sector16 Oct 2024 | 1
Automotive AI player Cerence appoints ex-Intel boss Brian Krzanich as its CEO Public opinion is against him, as comments on LinkedIn go dark AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 4
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India's Reserve Bank boss Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 6
Anthropic's Claude vulnerable to 'emotional manipulation' AI model safety only goes so far AI + ML12 Oct 2024 | 42
Why send a message when you can get your Zoom digital video clone to read the script? We're sure colleagues will find your lookalike, soundalike avatar's missive very warm and human AI + ML11 Oct 2024 | 29
GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies Software10 Oct 2024 | 3
AMD aims latest processors at AI whether you need it or not Ryzen AI PRO 300 series leans heavily on Microsoft's Copilot+ PC requirements AI + ML10 Oct 2024 | 6
OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff Claims its models aren't making threat actors more sophisticated - but is helping debug their code Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 4
Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI Let’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too Science09 Oct 2024 | 5
Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data? AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 27
Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2
OpenAI appoints international expansion boss Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 4
LinkedIn: If our AI gets something wrong, that's your problem Artificial intelligence still no substitute for the real thing AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 21
Incumbent congressman not turning up to debates? Train an AI on his press releases Hallucinations, made-up facts... and that's just the human politicians AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 10
Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never existed AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 12
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway' Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 80
AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with more AI Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 7
Where AI meets everyday business apps Access Google’s Gemini at Work event to learn how AI can boost enterprise user productivity Sponsored Post
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
China reportedly tells local AI buyers to ignore Nvidia In Brief Plus: Google, Oracle, spend $9.5 billion on Asia datacenters; Philippines to tax clouds; Vietnam infosec praised; and more AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 3
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3 Struggling chipmaker scores another win Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable Security07 Oct 2024 | 23
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power Sponsored Feature
Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain Hands on El Reg gets its claws in multimodal models - and shows you how to use them and what they can do AI + ML06 Oct 2024 | 37
Google expands visual, audio search, lets AI handle layout AI Overviews get links to referenced websites – and ads AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’ It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3