Rise of the Robots: Jeff Bezos and Nvidia Invest in Humanoid Robotics Startup Figure AI
Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and other major technology players have reportedly invested $675 million into Figure AI, a startup building human-like robots.
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Kings of the AI Gold Rush: Nvidia Revenue Soars 265% in Fourth Quarter
Nvidia reported fourth quarter results that smashed Wall Street expectations, driven by booming demand for its graphics chips to power AI systems. The company’s fourth quarter revenues grew 265 percent based on sales of its high-powered GPUs that are the most important component of many AI systems.
Report: ChatGPT Developer OpenAI Mulls Entering AI Chip Manufacturing Market
Frustrated with chip shortages, the company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, is considering entering the chip manufacturing market itself, with various options including the acquisition of another chip manufacturing company on the table, per a report in Reuters.
UK to Spend £100 Million on Chips to Develop Domestic Artificial Intelligence Systems
The UK is reportedly preparing to plough £100 million of taxpayer cash into buying chips needed for advanced artificial intelligence models.
Nvidia Builds Toned Down Microchips to Be Sold in China
Hardware giant Nvidia, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microchips and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), has released a new, slightly less powerful version of its mainstream chips to comply with restrictions on microchip sales in China.
Paul Pelosi Buys Millions in Semiconductor Stocks Before Congressional Subsidy Vote
Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), recently bought up to $5 million in stocks in a semiconductor company, the Daily Caller reported.
Cybersleuths Suspect 16-Year-Old UK Teen as Mastermind of Major ‘Lapsus$’ Hacker Group
Cybersecurity researchers believe they may have found the hacker behind the recent “Lapsus$” cyberattacks on Microsoft and Nvidia — and their suspect is a 16-year old boy living in England.
Report: Amazon’s Latest Video Game ‘Bricks’ High-End Graphics Cards
According to recent reports, Amazon’s latest video game, New World, has been “bricking” high-end Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards. Computer hardware is bricked when it has been damaged beyond repair, turning in this case top of the line graphics cards costing as much as $1,499 into expensive paperweights.
Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s Self-Driving Tech Claims ‘Don’t Match the Reality’
Bloomberg published an article recently which claims that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims about the company’s new computer chips do not match reality.
Website Uses AI to Create Realistic Fake Portraits of People Who Don’t Exist
ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com, a website created by an Uber software engineer, generates hyper-realistic portraits of people who don’t actually exist.
Nvidia and Caterpillar Point to Weakness in China as Outlooks Dim
China’s economic weakness is bleeding over into U.S. companies with big exposures to sales in Asia.
‘End of Photography as Evidence’: Realistic Photos Created by AI
Artificial intelligence has been used to created hyper-realistic portrait photographs of men, women, and children of different races who never existed, prompting one author to declare the “end of photography as evidence.”
