Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom
The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power it all. According to The WSJ,…
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Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035
Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity…
OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal
OpenAI is taking an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings, whose parent company is one of the AI giant’s major investors, Thrive Capital. Thrive Holdings operates…
Nvidia’s $2B Synopsys bet tightens its grip on the chip-design stack
Nvidia is investing $2 billion into Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips. The deal deepens their existing partnership at a time…
Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday
Amazon’s AI chatbot, Rufus, saw a surge of adoption on Black Friday, according to new data published over the weekend by market intelligence firm Sensor…
MassRobotics expands physical AI fellowship with AWS and NVIDIA
Applications are now open for the second Physical AI Fellowship cohort. Source: MassRobotics The combination of artificial intelligence and robotics, or physical AI, promises to…
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
German AI lab Black Forest Labs said on Monday that it has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round that values the company…
‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’
James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology — especially the “Avatar” films, with their heroic blue Na’vi characters brought…
New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role
David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, as well as his friends,…
ChatGPT launched three years ago today
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI introduced a new product to the world, innocuously describing it as “a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational…