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Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of computing power via a new supercomputer system in India, the companies said on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The system will be hosted in India and follow local data residency, security, and compliance rules. The project aims to provide computing resources for AI applications to educational institutions, government entities, and small and medium enterprises. “Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness. This project brings that capability to India at a national scale, enabling local researchers, innovators,…
The US manufacturing industry is at a crossroads: try catching the leaders where they are or beat them to where the industry is headed.Edward Mehr sits firmly in the second camp. The thesis of his robotics-enabled manufacturing startup, Machina Labs, is that America’s reindustrialization needs to be distributed and flexible. Trying to build the centralized, traditional factories China has perfected is a lost cause.”It’s going to be a miracle to catch up if you want to replicate what they have,” Mehr told me.”It’s just not the right chess move. We need to try to see if we can leapfrog and…
Scott Adams once sounded open to the idea of a digital afterlife. Now that he’s passed, social media posts attributed to his family say an AI version of the “Dilbert” creator circulating online is unauthorized — and deeply distressing.In a 2021 podcast clip, the cartoonist said he granted “explicit permission” for anyone to make a posthumous AI based on him, arguing that his public thoughts and words are “so pervasive on the internet” that he’d be “a good candidate to turn into AI.” He added that he was OK with an AI version of him saying new things after he…
Good news, connoisseurs — your judgment may be highly prized in the AI age.A debate about the importance of “taste” has seemed inescapable on X in recent days, prompting bold declarations, a fair share of eye-rolling, and, yes, plenty of memes.But there might be some truth to the idea.The most recent wave of taste discourse began when Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham — who coined “founder mode” — posted a prediction on Saturday.”When anyone can make anything, the big differentiator is what you choose to make,” Graham wrote on X. This wasn’t Graham’s first time writing about the importance of…
General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based venture firm with more than $43 billion in assets under management, has announced it plans to invest $5 billion in India over the next five years, sharply expanding its push into the country’s startup ecosystem less than two years after merging with local venture firm Venture Highway. The commitment, unveiled at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Friday, will target startups across artificial intelligence, healthcare, defense technology, fintech, and consumer technology. The announcement marks a significant increase from the $500 million to $1 billion the firm had previously earmarked for India. India,…
It’s up to you whether AI makes you sharper or slowly dulls your brain, says Demis Hassabis.In a Thursday interview with entrepreneur Varun Mayya on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit, the Google DeepMind CEO said that AI is just like the internet. People can use it to learn all kinds of topics, or use it in ways that “degrade” their thinking.”With AI, if you use it in a lazy way, it will make you worse at critical thinking and so on,” he said. “But that’s down to you as the individual. No one can help you do…
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On Thursday, Google released the newest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. The model, 3.1, is currently available as a preview and will be generally released soon, the company said. Google’s new model may be one of the most powerful LLMs yet. Onlookers have noted that Gemini 3.1 Pro appears to be a big step up from its predecessor, Gemini 3 — which, upon its release in November, was already considered a highly capable AI tool. On Thursday, Google also shared statistics from independent benchmarks — such as one called Humanity’s Last Exam — that showed it performing significantly…
Nvidia is stepping up efforts to court India’s artificial intelligence startups earlier in their lifecycle, unveiling a string of partnerships this week aimed at reaching founders even before their companies are formally established. The push is intended to help the AI chipmaker cultivate relationships with future customers in one of the world’s fastest-growing developer markets. The latest move comes through a partnership with early-stage venture firm Activate, which plans to back about 25 to 30 AI startups from its $75 million debut fund while giving portfolio companies preferential access to Nvidia’s technical expertise. The collaboration follows other India-focused efforts unveiled…
Feb 19 (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued Sanofi for allegedly “bribing” providers to prescribe its medications over alternatives.The attorney general’s office issued a statement saying that the company created programs to offer services to healthcare providers, which it alleges amounted to bribes in violation of the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.”These services are structured to comply with applicable federal and state laws and are intended to support patients, not to influence prescribing decisions,” Sanofi said in a statement.”The state’s intervention has no bearing on the merits of this case, and Sanofi is zealously…