Building better AI supercomputers requires light
Will Knight | mad
“Lightmatter seeks to directly connect hundreds of thousands or millions of GPUs (silicon chips critical for AI training) using optical links. Reducing translation bottlenecks will allow data to move between chips at much faster rates than is currently possible, potentially enabling decentralized AI supercomputers of enormous scale.“
Apple has been secretly working on a home robot that could become a new product line, a report has revealed.
Mok Aaron | business insider
“Apple is in the early stages of looking at building robots for the home, a move seen as an effort to create the ‘next big thing’ after ending its self-driving car project earlier this year, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. . Engineers are exploring ways to develop robots that can follow users around the home, Bloomberg reports. “They are also exploring a tabletop home device that uses robotics to rotate the display, which is a more advanced project than mobile robots.”
Tantalizing 'hint' that astronomers may have completely misunderstood dark energy
Dennis Overbye | new york times
“On Thursday, astronomers conducting the largest and most accurate survey in the history of the universe announced that they may have discovered a major flaw in our understanding of dark energy, the mysterious force that is accelerating expansion. of the universe. Dark energy has been assumed to be a constant force in the universe both now and throughout the history of the universe. But new data suggest it may change further, becoming stronger or weaker over time, reversing or even disappearing.”
How ASML dominated the chipmaking chessboard
Matt Honan and James O'Donnell | MIT Technology Review
“Ultimately, when asked what he thought could delay Moore's Law, van den Brink rejected that premise outright. He said, ‘There is no reason to believe this will stop. “You won’t get an answer from me where it will end,” he said. 'All of this will end in a shortage of ideas where the value they create is not balanced by the cost they cost. Then it will be over. It’s not for lack of ideas.’”
First Jetsuit Grand Prix opens in Dubai
Mike Hanlon | new atlas
“A new sport is taking off this month with the first jetsuit race taking place in Dubai. Each racer was equipped with seven 130-horsepower jet engines (two in each arm and three in the backpack, for a total of 1,050 horsepower) controlled by manual throttles. Afterwards, the pilot uses three thrust vectors to gain lift, move forward, and negotiate a course while trying to stay on the ground. Faster than anyone else.“
Toyota's foam humanoid that grabs the entire body
Evan Ackerman | IEEE spectrum
“Many of these movements appear very human-like. Because this is how humans manipulate things. Not to throw too much shade on humanoid warehouse robots, but as pointed out in the video above, lifting items using only the hands outstretched in front of us is not the way humans do it. Providing additional support makes lifting easier.”
'A Brief History of the Future' offers a hopeful antidote to cynical technology
Devin Coldway | Tech Crunch
“The future is not just what Silicon Valley publicists talk about, what the ‘Big Dystopia’ warns about, or even what TechCrunch writers predict,” he said. In the six-episode series, he speaks with dozens of individuals, companies and communities about how they are working to improve and secure a future they may never see. From mushroom skins to ocean cleanups to matters of mortality, Wallach finds people who see the same scary future as we do but choose to do something about it, no matter how hopelessly small or naive it may seem.”
This AI Startup Wants to Talk to Your Home, Car, and Factory
Stephen Levy | mad
“We are all amazed at how chatbots understand the world. But what if they are really connected? really world? What if the dataset behind the chat interface was physical reality itself, captured in real time by interpreting billions of sensor inputs scattered around the world? That's the idea behind Archetype AI, an ambitious startup launching today. 'Think of ChatGPT,' says co-founder and CEO Ivan Poupyrev. But think about physical reality.'
How one tech skeptic decided AI could help the middle class
Steve Lore | new york times
“I don’t think David Autor is an AI optimist. A labor economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is best known for his in-depth research showing how technology and trade have eroded the incomes of millions of American workers over the years. But now Mr. Otter is making the case that a new wave of technology called generative artificial intelligence, which can create hyper-realistic images and videos and convincingly imitate human voices and text, could reverse this trend.”
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