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Policy

Historian Jill Lepore thinks the 'artificial state' is doomed. Here's what she means.

With the midterms less than three months away, a leading American historian says the public backlash against AI and data centres could reshape the November vote.

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Explained

Wait, are we actually cooling AI data centres with pee? Sort of, yes

A cheeky beer advert starring Jason Kelce accidentally landed on a real solution to one of AI's biggest environmental problems. Here is what the science actually says.

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AI Business

Why Silicon Valley Still Does Not Understand the AI Backlash

More than half of Americans under 30 are more worried than excited about AI. Tech CEOs are diagnosing the wrong problem, and ordinary people are starting to notice.

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Everyday AI

AI Was Meant to Win Us Over. New Data Shows It's Doing the Opposite.

From Pew Research surveys to Republican Party memos, the signals are stacking up: public trust in AI is falling, not rising, and the industry is finally starting to say so out loud.

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AI Business

Wall Street Wants to Turn Nvidia Chips Into a New Asset Class. Here's Why That's Complicated.

Six of the world's biggest financial firms are joining Nvidia to bundle $500 billion in chip financing. The pitch is that GPUs are now investable assets like buildings or bonds. The catch: Nvidia's own CEO said something very different about chip lifespans just last year.

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AI Business

NVIDIA Will Back a $600 Billion AI Computing Deal with OpenAI Anchored by a 20-Year Ohio Campus

The chipmaker is guaranteeing power and land costs at a giant data centre site in Portsmouth, Ohio, where OpenAI will run what NVIDIA says could eventually hold 1.5 million of its processors per generation.

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Robotics

Tre ex-ingegneri di SpaceX stanno costruendo una fabbrica di robot per produrre componenti in acciaio per i data centre AI

La loro startup, 1872, ha inaugurato il primo impianto a Cincinnati questo mese. L'obiettivo: automatizzare la maggior parte del processo di lavorazione dell'acciaio entro il 2027, iniziando dalle strutture che mantengono insieme i data centre modulari.

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AI Business

Groq raises $350 million after ditching its own chips for Nvidia's

Once an Nvidia rival, the startup is now an Nvidia customer. Here is what happened and what it means for the cloud companies racing to run your AI.

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Policy

La polizia scozzese avverte di una "notevole opposizione pubblica" al nuovo data centre vicino a Edimburgo

Un impianto pianificato a Larbert ha spinto la polizia a chiedere misure di sicurezza rigorose prima ancora che inizi la costruzione, mentre la resistenza della comunità cresce in tutta la Scozia.

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AI Business

Big Tech's gas bet could backfire badly, energy researchers warn

Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are building massive natural gas power plants for their AI data centres. A new energy research report says prices could triple, and the companies may not be ready for the shock.

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AI Business

Nvidia raccoglie 500 miliardi di dollari da giganti di Wall Street per costruire la spina dorsale fisica dell'IA

Sei delle più grandi società di investimento al mondo stanno trattando i chip per l'IA e i data centre come infrastrutture essenziali, alla pari di strade e reti elettriche, e Nvidia è al centro dell'accordo.

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AI Business

Nvidia sta assemblando un fondo da 500 miliardi di dollari per finanziare l'espansione dell'IA

Il produttore di chip ha reclutato sei dei più grandi gestori di patrimoni di Wall Street per aiutare i suoi clienti a pagare i data centre, i contratti energetici e i chip specializzati su cui gira l'IA.

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Science & Space

Questa startup usa l'IA per cercare materiali per chip che si raffreddano meglio

Discovered Materials ha raccolto 9 milioni di dollari per distribuire agenti IA che testano migliaia di potenziali nuovi materiali per chip al giorno, con l'obiettivo di ridurre il calore che rende così costosi i data centre.

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Everyday AI

Le persone stanno respingendo l'IA che non hanno mai chiesto, e sta funzionando

Dai rifiuti ai deepfake alle proteste presso i data centre, le persone comuni sono sempre più stanche dell'IA generativa imposta nella vita quotidiana. E le aziende stanno iniziando ad ascoltare.

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Policy

Il dilemma dei data centre: come la sete di energia dell'IA sta trasformando le città britanniche

Il governo britannico vuole tre volte più data centre. A Slough, i residenti già vivono accanto a giganti rivestiti di metallo che consumano acqua e energia elettrica su una scala che rivaleggia interi quartieri.

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