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Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035

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New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.

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OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal

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Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.

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Nvidia’s $2B Synopsys bet tightens its grip on the chip-design stack

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The $2 billion investment in Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips, deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts scrutinize circular AI-industry deals and warn of a potential bubble.

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Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday

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On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn’t used.

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Why IBM CEO Arvind Krishna is still hiring humans in the AI era

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Today, I’m talking with Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM. IBM is a fascinating company. It’s still a household name and among the oldest tech firms in the US. Without IBM, we simply wouldn’t have the modern era of computing — it was instrumental to the development of a whole stack of foundational technologies in […]

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Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation

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The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.

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The race to AGI-pill the pope

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Pope Leo XIV probably isn’t the first person you picture when conversation turns to Artificial General Intelligence doomsday scenarios. But last month, AGI researcher John-Clark Levin found himself inside the Vatican on a mission to put those concerns in front of the pope. Levin hasn’t been acting alone. In the past year, he has been […]

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Welcome to fandom’s AI clout economy

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Madison Lawrence Tabbey was scrolling through X in late October when a post from a Wicked update account caught her attention. Ariana Grande, who stars in the movies as Glinda, had just liked a meme on Instagram about never wanting to see another AI-generated image again. Grande had also purportedly blocked a fan account that […]

Welcome to fandom’s AI clout economy

‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

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James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn’t make him a fan of generative AI.

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New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role

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David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, according to a new report. However, Sacks fired back, calling the story a “nothing burger.”

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