OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year-end to raise full $40 billion
OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank ...
OpenAI, Google AI data centers are under stress after new genAI model launches
New generative AI (genAI) models introduced this week by Google and OpenAI have put the companies’ data centers under stress ...
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Recent OpenAI Launches Limited by GPU Shortages: Poor Planning or Wider Issue?
CEO Sam Altman says his company is 'out of GPUs' that are 'melting' from high demand. Can its infrastructure keep up with the ...
EDN2d
Will compute continue scaling in AI clusters?
With the emergence of smaller models and techniques like distillation, will AI scaling stop, and we won’t need more compute ...
Computer Weekly3d
Microsoft’s ‘fraying relationship’ with OpenAI blamed for datacentre expansion plan rollback
US analyst TD Cowen publishes research note pointing to further rollbacks on Microsoft’s datacentre expansion plans.
Network World3d
Microsoft abandons data center projects as OpenAI considers its own, hinting at a market shift
Based on the easing of exclusivity by the two companies, analysts say these moves aren’t surprising, but they do have broader ...
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Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers
Data centers are forecast to account for up to 12% of all U.S. electricity demand by 2028. They currently use about 4% of all electricity. Historically, costs for new power plants, powerlines and ...
MIT Technology Review4d
The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
What’s new? OpenAI has released a new image generator that’s designed less for typical surrealist AI art and more for highly ...