Just this week in its 15th Five-Year Plan, Beijing elevated AI to a “New Quality Productive Force.” This is Party-speak for turning Intelligence into a state-funded public utility. This vision is backed by a staggering surge in energy infrastructure. By the end of 2026,
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AI and Automation Transforming Finance Sector
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The Transformation of Finance: Automation and AI Hold the Key #AI #AIio #AIInnovation #ML #DataScience #Futureofwork @demishassabis @Ronald_vanLoon @TamaraMcCleary @geoffreyhinton @goodfellow_ian @jeffdean @erikbryn ow.ly/EeWo30sTyFr
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Open Models Power AI Ecosystem Innovation and Startups
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Chapter 3: Open Models Power the Ecosystem Learn how open models are fueling innovation and AI-native startups. Featuring:
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Chapter 1: Accelerated Computing’s Moment Has Arrived Industry leaders discuss how simulation, digital twins, and large-scale analytics are expanding what’s possible for the enterprise. Featuring:
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AI Productivity Gains Drive Output and Leverage for Superusers
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This is the sentiment from so many AI superusers. Productivity gains give you more bandwidth to produce. More output gives you leverage. And people want more leverage. Also – it’s just fun. That’s the strongest feeling I’m having lately. Both commercially and psychologically,
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RL Bubble Burst Saves Trillions in AI Investment
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And then the RL bubble burst, saving trillions of dollars.
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Intelligence Productivity Measured in Tokens-per-Watt Efficiency
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Sigh. why don't you read what I wrote. "As Intelligence proliferates, productivity will no longer be measured in man-hours, but in Tokens-per-Watt: the volume of Intelligence a kilowatt-hour of electricity can produce. At Britain's 25p rate, it is already 400% more expensive to
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State Industrial Strategy vs Short-Term Energy Dependency Thinking
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I concur, nonetheless, it is more illustrate of a State with a long-term industrial /sovereign strategy vs one with none. It's exactly this type of short-term thinking that now leads Britain to swap its fossil fuel dependency on Norway with a Green hardware/supply chain
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Germany’s Energy Crisis Threatens Embodied AI Leadership Opportunity
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There is a whole piece to be written on the self-immolation of Germany, particularly as this should be the biggest opportunity of a century, for Germany to accelerate as a leader in Embodied AI. But alas, it is only second to Britain when it comes to Industrial Energy prices, and
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UK compute costs 400% higher than US and China for AI
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Thanks! I really don't think people understand the problem about access to cheap compute… it's already 400% more expensive to access 'Intelligence' in Britain as opposed to the US, or China.