If Google\u2019s deal with Apple and its recent Gmail integration are any indication, the search giant is pulling ahead of the AI pack. It\u2019s planning an unprecedented buildout of accelerated-compute data centers to run and train AI models, and it has reoriented itself around the generative AI boom kicked off by OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT. London-based DeepMind, a research lab that for years operated without pressure to contribute to Google\u2019s bottom line, is now central to transforming the company\u2019s core products.<\/p>\n
But the AI boom is reshaping many of the dynamics that produced past research breakthroughs. The massive wave of investment in data centers is no longer just about inventing new technology and generating new breakthroughs, but about running the AI we have for ever-growing numbers of users. \u201cWe\u2019re now also in the era of full commercialization of these systems, so you\u2019ve also got to balance serving with training,\u201d Hassabis said.<\/p>\n
The global buildout of AI data centers means more entities are now competing for a limited number of resources, including semiconductors, memory, and energy. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s memory chips, but it\u2019ll probably be something else tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adoption in areas that create real-world economic impact are slow and uneven. Companies have changed drastically since the ChatGPT moment, but it\u2019s hard to get a read on any measurable return on investment.<\/p>\n
Another sand in the gears is that companies are now opting to keep research private that they might otherwise have shared publicly, slowing down the cross-pollination of ideas that once helped AI go from a research backwater to a hotbed of activity. \u201cThere\u2019s so much commercial pressure, so some of those things can\u2019t be shared quite as openly anymore, which is a shame on the one hand, but it\u2019s understandable,\u201d Hassabis said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Google\u2019s deal with Apple and its recent Gmail integration are any indication, the search giant is pulling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,125],"class_list":["post-250377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}