Conversations about the social impact of AI often are very abstract, focusing on broad generalizations about technology rather than talking about the specific state of the research field. That makes…...

Every year, I've had to hear about how a new technology was going to kill the photography industry. I ignored it all, until now. Smartphones are killing the camera market. In 2007, over 110 million digital cameras were sold, but in 2021, the world only bo... (more…)

As Google gets serious about building its own chips for AI, Microsoft is making sure its data centers can keep up. (more…)

Eight-month-old group set to close roughly €400mn funding round as early as Friday, in new deal lead by Andreessen Horowitz... (more…)

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