Cerebras WSE-3: Third Generation Superchip for AI
Sunnyvale, Calif., AI supercomputer firm Cerebras says its next generation of waferscale AI chips can do double the performance of the previous generation while consuming the same amount of power. The Wafer Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) contains 4 trillion transistors, a more than 50 percent increase over the previous generation thanks to the use of […]
The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
Donald Trump appears to dream of being an American authoritarian should he return to office. The former US president, who on Tuesday secured enough delegates to win the 2024 Republican nomination, plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and house scores of them in large camps. He wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy […]
Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean? The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, explained.
Of all the potential consequences of global warming, one of the most unexpected is that temperatures in some parts of the world could plummet. A recent paper in Science Advances outlined a scenario where, given enough ice melting into the North Atlantic, average temperatures in cities like Bergen, Norway, could drop 15 degrees Celsius (a […]
Microsoft’s ‘Copilot for Security’ brings generative AI to the frontlines of cybersecurity
Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Microsoft announced today that Copilot for Security, a generative AI-powered platform designed to assist security professionals in combating the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape, will be generally available worldwide starting April 1st. The launch comes as organizations […]
5 top Pulitzer Prize finalists used AI in their work
Each year, the Pulitzer Prize award is given to those in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition for their achievements. This year, for 2024, amongst the 45 journalists who have been selected as finalists, five people’s entries are AI-powered. While the extent of the use of artificial intelligence in their submissions isn’t yet […]
Bill that could ban TikTok passes in House despite constitutional concerns
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill with a vote of 352–65 that could block TikTok in the US. Fifteen Republicans and 50 Democrats voted in opposition, and one Democrat voted present, CNN reported. TikTok is not happy. A spokesperson told Ars, “This process was secret and the bill was jammed through […]
An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step towards more useful AI
In training AI systems, games are a good proxy for real-world tasks. “A general game-playing agent could, in principle, learn a lot more about how to navigate our world than anything in a single environment ever could,” says Michael Bernstein, an associate professor of computer science at Stanford University, who was not part of the […]