Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy

Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy

“What we have here is something incredibly simple,” said Tianwei Wu, the study’s lead author. “We can reprogram it, changing the laser patterns on the fly.” The researchers used the system to design a neural network that successfully discriminated vowel sounds. Most photonic systems need to be trained before they’re built, since training necessarily involves … Read more

G7 Summit: Pope Francis calls for ban on use of ‘lethal autonomous weapons’

G7 Summit: Pope Francis calls for ban on use of ‘lethal autonomous weapons’

Apulia [Italy]: In his address on the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), at the G7 leaders’ Summit in Italy, Pope Francis called for a prohibition on ‘lethal autonomous weapons’, according to Al Jazeera. He warned the leaders assembled in the southern Italian area that “artificial intelligence [is] both a fascinating and terrifying technology. We would … Read more

Can ChatGPT beat humans in picking stocks? Study says ‘Yes’

Can ChatGPT beat humans in picking stocks? Study says ‘Yes’

It is the beginning of the artificial intelligence (AI) world and we are all living in it. The growing might of advanced AI technologies, with the advent of ChatGPT and many other language models, has touched the financial world in many ways than one had imagined. A recent paper published by three scholars from the … Read more

Google-backed Tempus AI pops by as much as 15% in Nasdaq debut

Google-backed Tempus AI pops by as much as 15% in Nasdaq debut

Tempus AI, a health-care diagnostics company that uses AI to interpret medical tests to help physicians provide more accurate treatment for their patients, rose by as much as 15% in its Nasdaq Stock Market trading debut on Friday, after going public under the ticker symbol “TEM.” Tempus AI priced 11.1 million shares at $37 apiece … Read more

No Matter How You Package It, Apple Intelligence Is AI

No Matter How You Package It, Apple Intelligence Is AI

While companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others had been upfront about their efforts in AI, for years Apple had been silent. Now, finally, its executives were talking. I got an advance look one day. Eager to shed the the impression that the most innovative of the tech giants was a laggard in this vital … Read more

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit. He’s raising the alarm about AI

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit. He’s raising the alarm about AI

Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence – a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year – but his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group of Seven summit. Francis will address G7 leaders on Friday at … Read more

As Google Targets Advertisers, It Could Learn a Lot From Bing

As Google Targets Advertisers, It Could Learn a Lot From Bing

Disclosure of ads has been an issue on Copilot as well. Though Microsoft says it labels all ads, Marcus Pratt, senior vice president for insights and technology at the ad-buying agency Mediasmith, says he’s encountered at least two searches in which links with indications that they are sponsored arguably haven’t been adequately disclosed. Last week, … Read more

Mega money Musk, Kitty’s stake grows

Mega money Musk, Kitty’s stake grows

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 5, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more

Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote

Elon Musk wins back his .9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote

DETROIT: Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker. The favorable vote doesn’t necessarily mean that Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon. … Read more

OpenAI adds former NSA chief to its board

OpenAI adds former NSA chief to its board

Paul Nakasone, director general of the National Security Agency, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 14, 2021. Saul Loeb | Pool | Reuters OpenAI on Thursday announced its newest board member: Paul M. Nakasone, a retired U.S. Army general and former … Read more