AI & ML

Verizon is seeking to tap into Silicon Valley’s AI spending in a big way. The telecom giant revealed a deal worth more than $1 billion to link Google data centers using Verizon’s dark fiber routes—and it’s also tearing copper wiring out of central offices as it converts them into small data centers suitable for supporting […]

The Chinese group and its peers could continue to benefit if cheaper computing power results in more demand for AI

Safe Superintelligence will use Vera Rubin chips to rapidly expand computing capacity for its secretive research

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that draws on the “broad qualities” of those authors “while remaining distinct in its own voice,” for example. This morning, Ars received the following response to

As some executives fret over the safety of new A.I. systems, protecting against them could be a big business for tech companies.

Chips aren’t the only thing getting fried

The company is continuing to back A.I. systems that can be freely used by others amid a continuing debate over the use of Chinese-made technology.

Prospective students of the Jewish mystical practice are urged to delay their studies until they reach the age of 40.

Chinese A.I. models are gaining ground. But the companies behind them do not have a clear strategy to make money from that success.