How Scrappy Cryptominer CoreWeave Transformed Into the Multibillion-Dollar Backbone of the AI Boom

Fulfilling the world’s surging demand for AI chatbots and image generators depends on mundane components as much as glitzy GPUs. Server cabinets, heavy-duty metal enclosures to store GPU systems, have at times been a crucial bottleneck. As it scrambled to build up its facilities, CoreWeave once ordered 1,400 of the wrong cabinets. It was a … Read more

This AI Startup Wants You to Talk to Houses, Cars, and Factories

“The physical world is where we have most of our problems, because it is so complex and fast moving that things are beyond our perception to fully understand,” says Brandon Barbello, a cofounder who is also Archetype’s COO. “We put sensors in all kinds of things to help us, but sensor data is too difficult … Read more

China ready to remove barriers for foreign companies, Premier Li Qiang tells international forum

Li said the Chinese government was “carefully” studying some of the issues raised frequently by businesses, including market access, public tendering and cross-border data flow. “Some of the questions have been basically resolved, and for some others we are still working on solutions to ensure a good settlement,” he said, two days after China eased … Read more

The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge

Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry. The NSA, sometimes jokingly said to stand for No Such Agency, has long hired top math and computer science talent. Its technical leaders have been early … Read more

EU sees 200% surge in imports from China’s Xinjiang region despite human rights concerns

The most popular goods were lithium-ion batteries, tomato paste and miscellaneous low-value goods that fall below the threshold for customs duties, according to Chinese customs data. Also in its final stages is a new law requiring EU businesses of a certain size to routinely audit their supply chains for human rights and environmental abuses. Observers … Read more

Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry

Reddit said ahead of its IPO next week that licensing user posts to Google and others for AI projects could bring in $203 million of revenue over the next few years. The community-driven platform was forced to disclose Friday that US regulators already have questions about that new line of business. In a regulatory filing, … Read more

IIM Kashipur Invites Admissions For MBA (Analytics) For 2024-26 Batch

Home Education IIM Kashipur Invites Admissions For MBA (Analytics) For 2024-26 Batch The admissions for this two-year, fully residential programme’s last application day is 7 March 2024. The programme also offers a full-year tuition fee waiver under need-based, merit-based and need-cum-merit based scholarships. IIM Kashipur: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur, a leading Indian management … Read more

US issues executive order to keep Americans’ sensitive personal data safe from ‘countries of concern’

In what could be a fresh salvo in the US-China tech war, the White House will issue an executive order on Wednesday meant to prevent “countries of concern” such as China and Russia from accessing high volumes of sensitive personal data about Americans and people connected to the US government. According to senior administration officials, … Read more

What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home

For Big Tech, there are few better places to experiment with data center heating than in the Nordics. This idea works best when data centers can be connected to preexisting district heating systems, where a group of buildings share a common heating system instead of each having their own. These communal systems are commonplace in … Read more