Automation: Company lays off 1,000 staff, saying no longer needed due to AI
Company says AI enables them to increase productivity, needs fewer workers, lays off about 1,000.
Software: Next major new version of Windows will have many AI features
Next version of Windows to add a lot of AI features, say reports.
AI: AI model predicts weather faster and more accurately then other methods
The machine-learning model takes less than a minute to predict future weather worldwide more precisely than other approaches. DeepMind AI accurately forecasts weather — on a desktop computer (nature.com)
AI, Media: Channel1.AI launches – Entirely AI generated news reports, even the anchors are AI generated
A news network launches, generated by AI, where even the reporters and anchors are created by AI.
AI: Google’s Gemini AI demo was faked, sort of
Google Admits It Faked Gemini AI Demo | Extremetech
AI, Media: Microsoft Start News is AI generated crap
MSFT Start, Yahoo News, etc, have degenerated into AI and content mill generated crap designed to sell eye balls to advertisers.
Software: Microsoft acquires Activision
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has closed, after passing regulatory approvals. Microsoft closes Activision Blizzard deal after regulatory review (cnbc.com)
AI, Energy: A single Nvidia GPU will use as much power as a home
Am concerned about the accuracy of this forecast – that’s a lot of energy to consume, and heat to dispose of, in a single slice on a data center rack.…
AI: More examples of Bing Chat plagiarizing content
Caught Bing Chat bot doing it again - stealing content off a web site. When confronted with plagiarism, Chat shut me off and said we had to move to a…