Students receive $10,000 prizes from OpenAI for innovative use of artificial intelligence
The awards come as the first class to have ChatGPT access for all four years of college is about to graduate.
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Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI is said to be frighteningly capable, but we shouldn’t get carried away by the hype Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US tech editor, writing to you from my happy village in Pokopia. Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed ‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat ‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify ‘It feels as if I’ve made a new best friend’: my experiment with AI journalling ‘Irresponsible failure’: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse ‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail Continue reading...
Read full articleThe awards come as the first class to have ChatGPT access for all four years of college is about to graduate.
The post Nvidia Crosses $40 Billion in AI Investments, Expanding Equity Bets Across Supply Chain appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. TLDR: Nvidia has crossed $40 billion in investment commitments in 2026, targeting firms across the AI supply chain. A $30 billion bet on OpenAI stands as Nvidia’s single largest investment, deepening a decade-long partnership. Deals with Corning and IREN tie optical manufacturing and data center capacity directly to Nvidia’s hardware ecosystem. Analysts warn that neocloud investments may be pre-funding GPU purchases, raising questions about organic AI demand. Nvidia has surpassed $40 billion in investment commitments in 2026, backing companies across the AI infrastructure stack. The chipmaker recently agreed to invest up to $3.2 billion in glass maker Corning and $2.1 billion in data center operator IREN. These deals reflect a broader strategy of financing the AI supply chain while securing commercial partnerships. Analysts see both promise and risk in N
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian. The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. To do so, developers are required to submit planning documents calculating how much carbon these projects will emit as a proportion of the UK’s total carbon footprint. Continue reading...
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