I've heard from top msft folks for the past 10 years they can't access GPUs and get permission to do fundamental AI research. Many of them ended up leaving the company.
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NTT Partners with Sakana AI to Develop AI in Japan
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We’re excited to be partnering with NTT Group to develop AI in Japan! Partnership announcement on @Nikkei NTT、元Google研究者が設立のサカナAIと提携
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Cerebras and G42 Complete 4 Exaflop AI Supercomputer
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We are proud to announce that the Condor Galaxy 1 (CG-1) AI supercomputer is complete! Construction of CG-2 has commenced. We are on track to complete the full 36 exaflops Condor Galaxy system with G42 in 2024. https://
cerebras.net/press-release/
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IBM Invests 500 Million Dollars in Enterprise AI
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@IBM announces a 500 million dollar fund for enterprise AI https://actuia.com/actualite/ibm-annonce-un-fonds-de-500-millions-de-dollars-pour-lia-dentreprise/ … #AI #artificialintelligence #business
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Arista Takes Aim at Nvidia in AI Networking Battle
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Arista's got Nvidia in its sights It’s an epic battle, Arista versus Nvidia, two great companies with superb management and decades of collective accomplishment. Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, argues his company’s “InfiniBand” networking technology for AI saves you so much money,
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Quantum Computing Stocks Decline as Companies Miss Expectations
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Quantum computing stocks sag as results fail to impress Investors have become somewhat fatigued with the slow financial progress of the quantum computing ventures IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave, which are still losing buckets of money on de-minimus revenue. https://
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Stanford Professor’s Unique Background in Chemistry, Biology, Computing
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In case you don't recognise the name, Vijay was Stanford Professor of Chemistry *and* Structural Biology *and* Computer Science prior to joining A16Z. Few other people in the world have such a relevant background for this particular question IMO.
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NLP Podcast: CEO Discusses LLMs Strategy and Straive Partnership
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My first #NLP podcast with Anand S , CEO & Co-Founder of Gramener. He shared his views & experience with LLMs and also explained the strategic reasons behind Gramener's decision to say "Yes" to Straive… #datascience #ai #chatgpt #llms https://
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Tech Leaders’ Philanthropic Transitions: Gates, Zuckerberg and Social Impact
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The transition is particularly striking in some people in prominent positions. A good example is Bill Gates who transitioned from ruthless CEO of a company with monopolistic tendencies to one of the most effective philanthropists in the world. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
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Microsoft’s $10B OpenAI Investment Pushes Valuation to $1T
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Rumors are that the last MSFT investment in OAI was $10b, so cap would now be $1t presumably?