An often-overlooked but crucially important environmental issue—Big Tech’s growing water footprint—is coming under more public scrutiny as a result of a global rush to capitalize on the next wave of generative artificial intelligence. Researchers say the race to profit from the next wave of AI is one of the main causes of the significant increase…
Yann LeCun, the chief scientist at Meta and a pioneer in deep learning, stated that he thinks it will take decades for current AI systems to resemble sentient beings with common sense and the capacity to do more than just creatively summarize massive amounts of text. His viewpoint differs from that of Nvidia CEO Jensen…
The startup OpenAI announced early on Wednesday morning on X that Sam Altman will be returning to his role as CEO. The action was taken in response to intense pressure from the board’s investors and staff, who removed him less than a week ago. The Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI announced that Bret Taylor, a former co-CEO…
According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will be joining the company to head a new advanced AI research team. On the social media site X, which was formerly known as Twitter, Nadella announced that Altman, along with other colleagues, including former OpenAI president and board chair Greg Brockman, will be…
