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5 Questions Raised by OpenAI’s For-Profit Shift

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Arguably one of the least nonprofit of nonprofit entities to ever exist, OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company began in earnest with last week’s announcement that it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital funding. OpenAI has opera...

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Boosted by AI, Nuclear Power is Having a Moment

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It’s a widely shared concern that artificial intelligence has the potential to create disaster of some kind for our species. It seems only fitting, then, that to feed the energy needs of its AI services, Microsoft has turned to the nuclear...

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Flying Too High? Nvidia’s Record Earnings Erased by Historic $279 Billion Loss

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File this one under “be careful what you wish for.” Courtesy of the artificial intelligence boom, software company Nvidia ascended rapidly to become the dominant supplier of specialized AI chips. For a brief while, it was the most valuable...

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Consensus Yet to Form on California’s Approach to AI Regulation

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The state of California tends to lead the way in applying progressive policies to emerging business issues, so should come as no surprise that lawmakers in the Golden State are trying to address some of the landmines around artificial intel...

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As Reliance on AI Grows, So Do Expected Hikes in Energy Costs, Demand

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The artificial intelligence revolution has done more than just provide students a shortcut to demystify a physics formula or translate a phrase for Spanish class. It is transforming how entire industries operate. But the efficiency and ease...

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