Artificial Intelligence Gives Weather Forecasters a New Edge
The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.
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With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American A.I. Bans
The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back.
Tech Bosses Preach Patience as They Spend and Spend on A.I.
Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away.
Will A.I. Upend White-Collar Work? Consider the Hollywood Editor.
Actors and writers won strict limits on artificial intelligence in last year’s contract negotiations, but editors and artists face a growing challenge.
A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation
The presumptive Democratic nominee has won concessions from Big Tech leaders on A.I., but she hasn’t successfully pushed Congress to regulate.
Mark Zuckerberg Stumps for ‘Open Source’ A.I.
The chief executive of Meta said in an open letter that it was important that the technology was not controlled by a handful of giant companies — including his own.
A.I. Can Write Poetry, but It Struggles With Math
A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past.
The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast
New research from the Data Provenance Initiative has found a dramatic drop in content made available to the collections used to build artificial intelligence.
A.I. Needs Copper. It Just Helped to Find Millions of Tons of It.
The deposit, in Zambia, could make billions for Silicon Valley, provide minerals for the energy transition and help the United States in its rivalry with China.
A.I.’s Insatiable Appetite for Energy
The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition.
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