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OpenAI Says It Will Build Datacenters in the UAE

The New York Times OpenAI announced plans to build a one-gigawatt datacenter campus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of a joint venture with Oracle, Nvidia, Japan’s SoftBank, Cisco, and Emirati AI firm G42. The first datacenter, with 200 megawatts, is expected to commence operations in 2026. OpenAI said for every dollar it […]
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Driverless Semi Trucks Are Here, With Little Regulation and Big Promises

Last month, Aurora Innovation, based in Pittsburgh, became the first company to operate a driverless 18-wheeler on an American highway, ushering in an era that could dramatically change how cargo moves across the United States. Autonomous trucks, proponents say, could solve a knot of problems facing the American shipping industry, which has struggled to recruit […]
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NSF Funding at Lowest Level in Decades

The New York Times The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding new grants at its slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science, including computer science, which has seen a 31% reduction this year compared to the 2015-2024 average. Said Information Technology and Innovation Foundation president […]
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Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills

Individuals and small business have been paying more for power in recent years, and their electricity rates may climb higher still. That’s because the cost of the power plants, transmission lines and other equipment that utilities need to serve data centers, factories and other large users of electricity is likely to be spread to everybody […]
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Apple’s A.I. Ambitions for China Provoke Washington’s Resistance

Apple believes the future success of the iPhone depends on the availability of new artificial intelligence features. But tensions between Washington and Beijing may cripple the tech giant’s plans to deliver A.I. in its second-most-important market, China. In recent months, the White House and congressional officials have been scrutinizing Apple’s plan to strike a deal […]
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Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon

Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species. “People should stop training radiologists now,” Geoffrey Hinton said, adding that it was “just completely obvious” that within five years A.I. would outperform humans in that field. Today, radiologists — the physician specialists in medical imaging who look […]
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The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump

As President Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities, restricts what can be studied and pushes out immigrants, rival nations are hoping to pick up talent that has been cast aside or become disenchanted. For decades, trying to compete with American institutions and companies has been difficult. The United States was […]
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AI Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse

More than two years after the arrival of ChatGPT, tech companies, office workers and everyday consumers are using A.I. bots for an increasingly wide array of tasks. But there is still no way of ensuring that these systems produce accurate information. The newest and most powerful technologies — so-called reasoning systems from companies like OpenAI, […]
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Google to Roll Out AI Chatbot to Children Under 13

The New York Times Google said its Gemini AI chatbot will be made available to children under 13 with parent-managed Google accounts through Family Link next week. In an email to parents, Google said children can use the Gemini Apps to ask questions, create stories, and get help with homework. A Google spokesperson said Gemini […]
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Google Plans to Roll Out Its A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13

Google plans to roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot next week for children under 13 who have parent-managed Google accounts, as tech companies vie to attract young users with A.I. products. “Gemini Apps will soon be available for your child,” the company said in an email this week to the parent of an 8-year-old. […]

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