Google's Ironwood AI processor, designed for its Gemini AI models and simulated reasoning, unleashes an astounding 42.5 Exaflops of computing power through clusters of up to 9,216 liquid-cooled chips with enhanced interconnect, surpassing previous Google TPUs in speed and efficiency.
Stocks plunged on Thursday, erasing gains from the previous day's rally, as investors grappled with the uncertainty surrounding President Trump's 90-day tariff reprieve and the potential for escalating trade tensions with China.
Ex-Google AI Chief Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence (SSI), backed by $1 billion, is tapping Google Cloud's powerful TPU chips in its quest to develop safe, superintelligent AI systems, marking another AI computing deal between Google and a former employee's startup.
IBM has launched the z17 mainframe, engineered specifically for AI and generative AI workloads, featuring high-capacity Telum II processors, compatibility with IBM's Spyre accelerator chips, and new performance management and operating system tools.
In a historic rally fueled by easing trade tensions, markets soared with the S&P 500 skyrocketing 9.52%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surging 7.87%, and the Nasdaq Composite leaping 12.16%, marking their biggest one-day gains in over a decade.
Nvidia, a leader in AI chips, faces challenges navigating Trump's trade tensions and tariffs that threaten its global supply chain and exports to China, prompting CEO Jensen Huang to fortify the company's dominance through expanding research and talent pipelines worldwide.
A new study reveals a striking trust gap between AI experts, who are upbeat about the technology's potential, and a wary public anxious about AI's impacts and concerned over its responsible regulation by governments and companies.
The bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act, aimed at criminalizing non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes, cleared a House committee, gaining widespread support for requiring websites to swiftly remove such content and addressing the growing threat of AI-generated exploitation.
A pioneering nonprofit, Sage Future, has deployed AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic into a virtual realm, where they ingeniously raised funds for Helen Keller International's mission of providing vitamin A supplements to children, showcasing the potential and limitations of AI in charitable endeavors.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke mandates teams explore AI automation before hiring, joining tech leaders embracing AI to drive efficiency and potentially reduce workforce needs.