Category: Artificial Intelligence

How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips

The New York Times – Business:
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.
Authors Wrangle With Publishers Over $1.5 Billion Anthropic A.I. Settlement

The New York Times – Business:
The tech giant must pay $3,000 per pirated book that it used to train its chatbot. Many authors fear they could lose funds to others in the book business.
Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived.

The New York Times – Business:
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
U.S. Trade Gap Ballooned in July

The New York Times – Business:
The trade deficit bounced back up last month as spending on data centers to feed the A.I. boom drove up imports.
Nvidia Extends A.I. Spending Spree With $12.9 Billion Deal for Hugging Face

The New York Times – Business:
The acquisition of the start-up is an indication of Nvidia’s growing role as Silicon Valley’s central banker and its emphasis on open-source technology.
Which Investors Will Get Rich From Anthropic’s IPO?

The New York Times – Business:
When Anthropic goes public in a blockbuster offering, which investors will profit? The answer says a lot about how much start-up investing has changed over the years.
The President Can’t Handle the Truth

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Trump’s fantasy-reality problem is deepening.
Bill Simmons’s Co-Hosts Are Tired of His A.I. Antics

The New York Times – Business:
The founder of The Ringer is taking flak for using artificial intelligence to conjure opinions from the deceased film critic Roger Ebert. Ads from OpenAI have recently run on the show.
Jason Isbell and Others Say Suno’s A.I. Imitates Their Voices

The New York Times – Music:
Jason Isbell and three others filed a lawsuit against Suno, accusing the company of training its model on their songs. The suit will test a legal strategy not based on copyright but unlawful imitation.
Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.
Pennsylvania’s A.I. Gold Rush Meets Second Thoughts

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Amid a backlash, Gov. Josh Shapiro is pumping the brakes on enormous data centers. But in a region scarred by the collapse of the steel industry, some welcome billions in construction.
U.S. Start-Up Partners With Saudi Arabia for Data Center

The New York Times – Business:
Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass U.S. backlash over data centers.