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Startup Says It Can Make a 100x Faster CPU
In an era of fast-evolving AI accelerators, general purpose CPUs don’t get a lot of love. “If you look at the CPU generation by generation, you see incremental improvements,” says Timo Valtonen, CEO and co-founder of Finland-based Flow Computing. Valtonen’s goal is to put CPUs back in their rightful, ‘central’ role. In order to do…
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When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host
Restaurants field a high volume of phone calls from inquisitive tourists or diners running late. Increasingly, voice chatbots are picking up on the other end of the line.
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MIT’s SciAgents: Automating Scientific Discovery with AI-Powered Graph Reasoning
One of the major challenges in modern scientific research is finding effective ways to model, interpret, and utilize data collected from diverse sources to drive new discoveries. As scientific knowledge expands, the complexity of analyzing and integrating this information grows, making it increasingly difficult for human researchers to uncover hidden patterns and connections. The rise…
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The metaverse didn’t die. It moved inside Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Jorg Neumann interview
The scale of the ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is pretty astounding. Made with 800 game developers over four years, the title has a seriously impressive set of numbers. I got a big download of the ambition at a preview event at the Grand Canyon, where the game makers flew us over the canyon…
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Best Apple Watch (2024): Which Model Should You Buy?
Should you splurge for the new Series 10 or stick with the SE? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).
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Unlock the Secret of a Gravity-Defying Parkour Stunt—With Physics!
Yes, you really can climb a building by jumping back and forth between two opposing walls. Thank you, Isaac Newton.
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Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That’s why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. The tech giant on Friday signed a major…
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Want to Get Into Founder Mode? You Should Be So Lucky
Paul Graham’s viral essay explains why Brian Chesky and Steve Jobs ruled and professional managers stink. But if a manager is smart and the founder is meh, who’s better?
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The Download: training robots for unfamiliar environments, and all-new bird flu
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI models let robots carry out tasks in unfamiliar environments What’s new: It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments they’ve never seen before. Typically, researchers need to train them on…
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Meta Connect 2024: How to Watch and What to Expect
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage on September 25 to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.