Nvidia Partners With U.S. NSF for AI Advancement
The National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States and Nvidia, an artificial intelligence (AI) chip maker, have announced a new partnership to launch the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) for AI advancement. The objectives of the NAIRR pilot program, which is national, are to increase access to the resources required for “responsible AI […]
AI to Market Businesses by 2029 – DeepMind Co-founder
DeepMind co-founder and Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes the next five years will be a turning point in the business world as tech will be widely available and very cheap. Ahead of 2030, the artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer stated during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum that he believed an AI system […]
Google Forecasts Layoffs in 2024 to Propel AI Initiatives
On January 17, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, issued an internal memorandum predicting that additional layoffs will be necessary by 2024 to achieve the company’s “ambitious goals” across multiple domains, artificial intelligence (AI) included. In the memo titled “2024 priorities and the year ahead,” Pichai stated, CNBC and The Verge observed and reported, “We […]
Microsoft, Vodafone Partner on Generative AI Integration
Microsoft and the British telecommunications company Vodafone have partnered in a ten-year deal to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (AI) functionalities with Microsoft Azure OpenAI and Copilot. The companies announced on January 17 that Vodafone, in collaboration with Microsoft, will allocate $1.5 billion over the next decade towards developing “customer-focused AI services” and cloud infrastructure. In […]
US Senate Bills Reject CBDCs Use as Money
States of Tennessee, Utah, South Carolina, and South Dakota have all introduced bills to discourage using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) interchangeably with physical currency. On January 12, Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley introduced a bill to the Senate. Money is a recognized and permitted medium of commerce under the Tennessee Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). […]