AI & RoboticsNews

Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras?

The raging demand for computers to run AI models has only accelerated, but there are two major obstacles that anyone in the business needs to overcome: getting the right chips, and getting them into data centers where they can start generating revenue. General Compute, a new inference neocloud – a company that rents out AI processing power, specializing in the phase when models are running and…
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NewsPhotography

When Shirin Neshat photographed Malala, she turned to calligraphy to say what the camera alone could not

Many portrait photographers would dream of shooting someone influential and world-famous. Pretty good for the résumé, right? But at the same time, it’s a tricky ask. How do you go about photographing someone who’s already an icon? Your subject walks in carrying every image of themselves that already exists. How do you come up with something fresh? Shirin Neshat had exactly this dilemma when…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

This electric SUV with a semi-solid-state EV battery costs less than $15,000 in China

SAIC launched its first electric SUV powered by a semi-solid-state EV battery in China, starting at under $15,000. The MG 4X is an EV SUV with semi-solid-state batteries After launching the new MG 4 last year, or the “world’s first mass-produced semi-solid-state EV,” as the Chinese automaker calls it, SAIC is following it up with its first electric SUV under the new series. SAIC officially…
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DefenseNews

US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says

U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield. In a letter shared with Reuters by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, U.S. Central Command said it had “received multiple threat reports concerning adversary…
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