An owl’s brain powers Chipzilla's new computer
Who needs quantum cats when neuromorphic computing takes flight
Intel has heralded a significant leap in neuromorphic with the unveiling of Hala Point, billed as the world's most substantial computer.
US AI Safety Institute hires a doomer to run things
Must start the day negatively
The US AI Safety Institute, a branch of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has unveiled its top brass. Paul Christiano, an ex-OpenAI boffin who has gone on record as saying that there is a 50 per cent chance AI will wipe out humanity, is taking responsibility for US AI safety.
Google techies cuffed
Trespassing charges in anti-Israel protest
Nine Google gurus were arrested on trespassing charges amidst a protest the tech giant's whopping £1.2 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government.
And picks up a penguin
Qualcomm has introduced new industrial and embedded AI platforms and a micro-power Wi-Fi SoC to expand its range of products and enable intelligent computing everywhere.
AMD’s latest releases show AI push
More NPUs than you can point a stick at
The chipmaker has become the latest to leap into the flourishing AI PC market. AMD's freshest desktop and laptop processors firmly place the firm in the nascent AI PC market by integrating generative AI (genAI) technology into some of its most favoured chip lines.
AAEON Unleashes Alchemist-powered graphics behemoth
Chipzilla's Latest Marvel
Embedded chip boffins at AAEON have pulled the wraps off their latest gizmo, the Alchemist-powered Arc A770 "GAR", and a slew of MXM GPU options. With the embedded computing sector ballooning, Chipzilla has been basking in the market's warm embrace as manufacturers flock to their Alchemist GPU offerings within the Arc lineage.
AMD's silicon surge
Tensorwave says AMD does better than Nvidia and cheaper
TensorWave, a burgeoning bit barn enterprise, has recently installed systems powered by AMD's Instinct MI300X, which it intends to lease at a cost significantly lower than that of accessing Nvidia accelerators.
New law slams deep fake creators with unlimited fines
Deepfake Debauchery
Creating a sexually explicit "deepfake" image is set to become an offence under new legislation announced by the UK Ministry of Justice.
Apple aims to be the Forrest Gump of AI
Disconnected and lacking intelligence
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is boasting that the AI in iOS 18 will not need to connect to the cloud without thinking about what that means.
TSMC US deals might harm Taiwan’s security
The country worried that supply chains could be duplicated
There are significant concerns within the Taiwanese government that accepting US funds to establish chip plants in the US might counter the country's security and economic interests.