(Bloomberg) — Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials as part of an escalating trade war between the Asian nation and the US. The restrictions may lead to weeks-long delays in shipments for ASML Holding NV, the […]
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Nvidia-backed AI stock’s monster run gets CoreWeave jolt
Nvidia (NVDA) is clearly the poster child of the AI boom. It’s got a hold on chipmaking, the software stack, and invests in virtually any startup or business whose fingerprints are on breakout. Consequently, as Big Tech continues to build out its GPUs, Nvidia-backed upstarts are grabbing headlines of their own. As a result, the […]
Gradient AI, Connexure partner to enhance risk management workflows
Insurance-focused AI solutions provider Gradient AI has partnered with Connexure, a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for self-funded plans, to streamline risk management workflows for carriers and managing general underwriters (MGUs). This collaboration merges Gradient AI’s Risk Management Life Cycle Solution with Connexure’s ESLoffice platform. ESLoffice is an integrated workflow management system designed to serve the […]
AI Chips Today – Secured Autonomy Revolutionizes Cybersecurity in UAS Market
Mobilicom Limited and Aitech have collaboratively launched the Secured Autonomy (SA) Compute PRO-AT, a new category in secured autonomy computing aimed at enhancing cybersecurity measures in the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market. The product integrates Mobilicom’s OS3 cybersecurity software with Aitech’s NVIDIA-based AI supercomputers to provide an advanced solution that minimizes cybersecurity risks for mission-critical […]
Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning
LONDON (AP) — Lingering doubts about the economic promise of artificial intelligence technology are starting to get the attention of financial institutions that raised warning flags this week about an AI investment bubble. Officials at the Bank of England on Wednesday flagged the growing risk that tech stock prices pumped up by the AI boom […]
Google Wants Right to Bundle Gemini AI App With Maps, YouTube
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants to retain the right to bundle its popular mapping and video apps with its Gemini AI service, a lawyer for the company told a federal judge Wednesday, pushing back on a Justice Department proposal that would bar the practice. “There’s no notion that Google has to date gained monopoly […]
Nvidia to Finance Musk’s xAI Chips as Part of $20 Billion Deal
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp. to lift its ongoing funding round to $20 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The financing includes equity and debt in a special purpose vehicle that will buy Nvidia processors and rent […]
Tesla reveals cheaper Model Y and Model 3 Standard versions
Tesla (TSLA) finally revealed a stripped-down version of its Model Y, dubbed the Standard, and in a surprise move announced the Model 3 Standard as well. The two cars are now available for order on Tesla’s US website. The Model Y Standard is rear-wheel drive, will start at $39,990, and has an estimated range of […]
AMD CEO Lisa Su says AI critics are ‘thinking too small’ after massive OpenAI deal
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su says it’s time for the tech world to think bigger about artificial intelligence. “I would say that’s probably thinking too small,” Su told Yahoo Finance on Monday when asked about concerns that massive AI investments may be getting ahead of themselves. “You have to really look at what […]
OpenAI’s Golden Touch Spreads as Stocks Soar Off Mere Mentions
(Bloomberg) — OpenAI has already proved it has a golden touch when it comes to partnering with other tech firms to deploy its artificial intelligence products. Its power to move shares, though, is rapidly spreading to companies it even briefly discusses teaming up with. The company behind ChatGPT held its annual developers event Monday, and […]
OpenAI Announcements Make Waves in Stock Market It Has Shunned
OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) may not be publicly traded, but the world’s most valuable startup is increasingly making waves in the stock market. Just last week, OpenAI sent shares of e-commerce companies Shopify Inc (SHOP). and Etsy Inc. (ETSY) soaring after unveiling an instant buy option in ChatGPT. Then a blog post detailing new features the company […]
AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -AMD said on Monday it will supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI in a multi-year deal that would bring in tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue and give the ChatGPT creator the option to buy up to roughly 10% of the chipmaker. The latest deal, among a string of investment […]