AI memory crunch hits broadband rollouts • The Register
Prices for memory used in routers and set-top boxes are surging nearly sevenfold thanks to AI, raising fresh…
The ‘QuitGPT’ movement is targeting ChatGPT with a boycott and spotlighting the politics behind the AI giant
QuitGPT is a movement encouraging ChatGPT subscribers to cancelThe organizers point to OpenAI leadership donations and government AI…
Microsoft AI chief confirms plan to ditch OpenAI
In a move that is perhaps less surprising than you might think, Microsoft seems to be readying up…
‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations | Mississippi
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by…
AI is indeed coming – but there is also evidence to allay investor fears | AI (artificial intelligence)
The message from investors to the software, wealth management, legal services and logistics industries this month has been…
UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry | Advertising
UK advertising agencies had their biggest annual exodus of staff last year, led by younger workers, as artificial…
Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull
Elon Musk is addressing a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co-founders who left this week,…
Anthropic’s AI‑built C compiler is not all that impressive • The Register
Opinion I’m willing to be impressed by AI products, but Anthropic’s AI‑built C compiler leaves me a bit…
‘It’s over for us’: release of new AI video generator Seedance 2.0 spooks Hollywood | Movies
A leading Hollywood figure has warned “it’s likely over for us”, after watching a widely disseminated AI-generated clip…
AI on the hunt for untaxed swimming pools is baffled by a parasol
The birthday party was in full swing and guests were sheltering under a blue parasol from the southern…
Elon Musk gives less than a year to coding as a profession, says: There is no…
Elon Musk predicts coding as a profession will end by the end of 2026. A clip of the…
Can hyperscalers justify their huge AI capex?
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