Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, our columnist says.
Category: Computers and the Internet
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Mira Murati’s Departure Is the Latest Drama at OpenAI
More high-level departures caught some at the high-flying A.I. start-up off guard, as the company seeks to raise billions to fund its operations and ambitious goals.
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Behind OpenAI’s Audacious Plan to Make A.I. Flow Like Electricity
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials to expand the computing power needed to build artificial intelligence.
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Rethinking ‘Checks and Balances’ for the A.I. Age
A project at Stanford points to the need for institutional innovation, especially in government, to increase the odds that A.I. enhances democracy.
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Can Math Help AI Chatbots Stop Making Stuff Up?
Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math — and maybe more.
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Will A.I. Be a Bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm.
Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly.”
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Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software in Vehicles
Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take proactive measures to strengthen national security.
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Intel’s Chips Are on the Table
Rivals and at least one big investor are circling the embattled semiconductor giant. The Biden administration is sure to keep an eye on any deal in such a strategically important sector.
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Inside Jony Ive’s Life After Apple and His LoveFrom Design Business
Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is forging a new life in San Francisco, one imaginative building at a time.
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Qualcomm Asked Rival Intel if It Would Consider Sale
While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand.