True scientific innovation needs institutions and people guided by principles that go beyond financial incentives. And fortunately, there are places which support them, unlike Silicon Valley.
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Read more...More data on the energy cost of AI, which is projected soon to exceed that of several small countries.
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Read more...The apparently soon-to-be-ex OpenAI board would have been well served to talk to lawyers about its row qith Sam Altman…or even ChatGPT.
Read more...Opposie! The West increasingly needs critical materials from countries against which we have escalated, particularly for green energy.
Read more...The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber
Read more...Users expect online services to be free but some digital firms are now offering pay-or-consent options, affecting competition dynamics.
Read more...Going all the way around the barn to end up where I started.
Read more...How Silicon Valley has taken over the AI agenda in the Beltway, for fun and above all, profit.
Read more...“I wanna know, know, know, know”
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