Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking

[ Gina Raimondo, the US secretary of commerce, spoke at Intel’s event today and compared the US government’s current focus on revitalizing its chip industry to the space race of the 1960s. “The fact that we are so overly dependent on a couple of countries in Asia that we need for life-saving medical equipment, cars, … Read more

Microsoft CEO Presses For Actions To Control A.I. Deepfakes In NBC Nightly News Interview – Deadline

[ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is appalled by the sexually explicit Taylor Swift A.I. deepfakes that are circulating, and is calling for unspecified measures that would prevent its creators from continuing with their production. Nadella made his comments in an NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt interview airing this Tuesday. “First of all, absolutely this … Read more

Microsoft’s answer to OpenAI inquiry: It doesn’t own a stake

[ With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn’t own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup so can’t be said to control it.When Microsoft negotiated an additional $10 billion investment in OpenAI in January, it … Read more