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Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers

By lucidcapitalism | November 7, 2024

(TechCrunch) Anthropic on Thursday said it is teaming up with data analytics firm Palantir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies access to Anthropic’s Claude family of AI models. The news comes as a growing number of AI vendors look to ink deals with U.S. defense customers for strategic and…

The Great Tech Worker Revolution Has Begun

By lucidcapitalism | November 1, 2024

(Inc.) “I don’t like my job. And I don’t think I’m going to go anymore.” That there is maybe the best line from the 1999 Mike Judge movie Office Space, the precursor to the even more on-the-nose Silicon Valley. Look at the four-digit-number in that sentence again. That line was uttered (checks watch) 25 years…

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

By lucidcapitalism | October 26, 2024

(AP) Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” But Whisper has a major flaw: It is prone to making up chunks of text or even entire sentences, according to interviews with more than a dozen software engineers, developers and academic researchers. Those experts…

Need to Add Three NYCs to the US Power Grid by 2030

By lucidcapitalism | October 25, 2024

(KKR Academy) The power need for the largest hyperscale data centers is currently 1 GW, and estimates show that 18 GW of additional power capacity will be needed to service US data centers by 2030. For comparison, the total power demand for New York City is currently around 6 GW. In other words, there is…

OpenAI Hires Ex-Uber Executive Scott Schools as Chief Compliance Officer

By lucidcapitalism | October 23, 2024

(Bloomberg) OpenAI has hired former Uber Technologies Inc. executive Scott Schools to serve as its first chief compliance officer, bolstering the startup’s efforts to adapt to emerging global regulations around artificial intelligence. Schools most recently was the chief ethics and compliance officer at Uber, another tech company that has dealt with a complicated regulatory landscape…

Nuclear-Powered AI: Big Tech’s Bold Solution or a Pipedream?

By lucidcapitalism | October 22, 2024

(WSJ) The tech industry is enamored with nuclear power, but for now it will lean heavily on fossil fuels to power its artificial-intelligence boom. Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft each struck recent deals meant to bring more nuclear power online to satiate burgeoning energy demand tied to AI. They are betting billions of dollars that nuclear…

EU considers including Elon Musk’s business empire to calculate potential X fine

By lucidcapitalism | October 17, 2024

(Financial Times) Elon Musk could face a hefty fine as European regulators look at including revenues from the billionaire’s business empire to calculate a potential fine against social media platform X. Under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark piece of legislation aimed at setting the rules on how tech companies should police the…

Google will block election ads after polls close

By lucidcapitalism | October 17, 2024

(Axios) Google will block election ads across all of its platforms after the last polls close on Nov. 5, according to a memo sent to its advertising partners Thursday and obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The policy, first introduced during the 2020 election, is meant to prevent misinformation about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming…

Tonight’s strange debate with an AI congressional candidate

By Cecilia Young | October 17, 2024

(Politico) In one of the zanier twists of this campaign season, two Virginia congressional candidates will face off tonight, in a virtual debate, against an AI bot. The candidates are Bentley Hensel and David Kennedy, both running for Virginia’s 8th district — both independents, and both expected to lose. The bot is based on Rep.…

Amazon Could Be Forced to Treat Drivers as Employees

By Cecilia Young | October 10, 2024

(NYT) Amazon’s delivery system depends on third-party companies. But labor regulators have challenged that model, possibly opening the way for unionization. Hundreds of thousands of drivers who deliver Amazon packages don’t work directly for the e-commerce giant; instead, they’re employed by third-party logistics companies, called delivery service partners. Last year, Amazon ended a contract with…