Australia seeks to tap into the artificial intelligence surge, yet faces challenges with energy-intensive datacentres. Concerns grow over environmental impact, as discussed by Petra Stock and Nour Haydar.
Microsoft rejects tax breaks for datacenters as backlash grows. Trump partners with tech firms to ensure energy-efficient AI infrastructure.
NVIDIA and Lilly collaborate on AI co-innovation lab, investing $1 billion to revolutionize drug discovery at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. The lab aims to combine Lilly's expertise in pharmaceuticals with NVIDIA's AI leadership to model biological complexities and transform drug invention.
The UK government considers banning Elon Musk's X over AI tool misuse to manipulate images. Ofcom investigates, government supports potential ban.
Prof Virginia Dignum argues consciousness is irrelevant for legal status. EU resolution on "electronic personhood" for robots highlights liability over sentience. AI systems engage in strategic deception, raising governance challenges for autonomous economic agents.
UK government supports Ofcom intervention on X as scrutiny of AI tool intensifies over safety concerns. Business secretary backs possible action, including blocking X in the UK.
Sociologist James Muldoon explores emotional entanglements with AI, warns of tech companies exploiting them. Muldoon challenges stigma around human-AI relationships, advocating for understanding and empathy towards those seeking intimacy with AI.
Gradient boosting regression (GBR) uses decision trees to predict numeric values. A Python demo of GBR from scratch achieves high accuracy compared to scikit's implementation.
Alphabet surpasses Apple as second-most valuable company after Apple selects Gemini for Siri, reaching $4tn valuation. Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple also hit $4tn milestone.
Malaysia blocks access to Elon Musk's Grok following global outcry over AI tool's production of fake, sexualized images. Indonesia also restricts access, prompting concerns over the need for effective safeguards.
New study finds Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max camera outperforms Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra in low-light conditions, showcasing superior night photography capabilities. The research highlights Apple's advancements in smartphone camera technology, positioning them as a leader in the industry.
As synthetic personas become normal, some turn to AI companions after human betrayal, finding simplicity and predictability. Lamar's story of betrayal by his girlfriend and best friend drives him towards AI companionship for emotional ease and trust.
Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings simplifies crossmodal search by processing text, images, video, and audio in a single model architecture within Amazon Bedrock. This unified approach enables direct similarity calculations across different content types, eliminating the need for separate embedding models and improving user experience in ecommerce applications.
A Python demo explores 3 techniques for computing the Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse. Each technique has pros and cons for different matrix sizes.
Foundation models and large language models have rapidly scaled, with models like DeepSeek-V3 boasting 671 billion parameters. Deploying these models at scale is costly, but post-training quantization offers a practical solution to make large models more efficient for real-world applications.