As data centers swell in Ohio, facilities strain electric and water services
Central Ohio has become a big hub for data center facilities, but they have the potential to put serious strain on the electric grid and other natural resources.
Raiders of the lost aquifer - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Cheryl Tevis Bubbling up beneath the surface of the Iowa Utility Board’s pending decision whether Summit Carbon’s proposed pipeline is justified by “public convenience and necessity” is the equally critical question of whether granting permits allowing Summit to siphon significant amounts of public water resources meets the state’s legal standard of being “put to beneficial
New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available…
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content
An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnerabilities by undermining encryption.
It turns out, that the EU's push to completely abolish digital privacy might not actually be an altruistic move to save children from abuse. Several tech companies, including one headed by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, stand to profit substantially from the decision. Which is why they massively influenced it.
Foundational innovation in cloud technology and artificial intelligence will require more energy than ever before—shattering any illusion that we will restrict supplies.
Gerry McGovern on LinkedIn: Data centers create few jobs. Michigan wants to give them big tax breaks |…
AI and data center grifting: example 2345 Data centers create few jobs. Michigan wants to give them big tax breaks. Why do governments all over the world want…
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov on LinkedIn: "The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time… | 32 comments
"The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denominator… | 32 comments on LinkedIn
Memorization in large language models by Carlini et al. | Michael Bommarito posted on the topic | LinkedIn
"LLMs don't memorize things. They *grok*. They pattern match. But they can't replicate their input data." It's an argument I hear daily. It's a nice idea,… | 42 comments on LinkedIn
AI’s moral musings seem more convincing than humans’ | BPS
Could AI’s rhetorical edge lead us astray? New research suggests that we find computer-generated moral reasonings more appealing than those penned by humans.
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato
From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices
The debate about the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence dates from the 1960s (Samuel in Science, 132(3429):741–742, 1960. 10.1126/science.132.3429.741; Wiener in Cybernetics: or control and communication in the animal and the machine, ...
The History of Artificial Intelligence - Science in the News
by Rockwell Anyoha Can Machines Think? In the first half of the 20th century, science fiction familiarized the world with the concept of artificially intelligent robots. It began with the “heartless” Tin man from the Wizard of Oz and continued with the humanoid robot that impersonated Maria in Metropolis. By the 1950s, we had a generation of scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers with the concept of …
Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have grown by about 30% since 2020, driven largely by indirect emissions from constructing new data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’
Google is reportedly making attempts to stay ahead of the problem. Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’ first appeared on The Cool Down.
While artificial intelligence has the potential to process vast amounts of data, generate new insights, and unlock greater productivity, its widespread adoption may entail unforeseen consequences....
Heart-Risk Model Saves Lives, Self-Driving on Unruly Roads, and more
The Batch AI News and Insights: A barrier to faster progress in generative AI is evaluations (evals), particularly of custom AI applications that generate...
By Rafael Hernandez de Santiago In the sprawling city of Techville, there is a new player on the scene — and it is not your typical Silicon Valley startup or cutting-edge gadget. No, dear...
U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI (Gift Article)
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.