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Nscale’s IPO will test Wall Street's appetite for concentrated AI bets once again

The British AI data center developer depends on tech giants Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue.

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Thomas J. Duesterberg is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

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Will China and the US Dominate AI Discussions? The UN is Marginalized

Xi Jinping is expected to skip UN meetings to meet Trump in Washington. Experts say this highlights how AI has largely become a contest between two superpowers, with the rest of the world relegated to the sidelines.

Will China and the US Dictate AI Issues? The UN is Marginalized

It is expected that Xi Jinping will miss the United Nations General Assembly and instead head to Washington to meet with Trump. Experts say this highlights how artificial intelligence has largely evolved into a contest between two superpowers, with the rest of the world being pushed to the sidelines.

“It’s the illusion of learning”: How some educators say AI hurts students

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene four years ago, some professors warned that students might use artificial intelligence to cheat. Now many educators’ fears are far more profound: AI, it seems, is hurting their students’ ability to learn and think for themselves.

What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks

OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

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It was one of the most famous challenges in the history of mathematics: the fluid dynamics problem known as Navier-Stokes, whose solution had proved so elusive that a million-dollar prize had been posted for the genius or geniuses who could finally crack it. Until the other day, that is, when OpenAI announced that one of its advanced models had found an answer at last. And it had taken only half a week.

The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

A.I. is “eating up all our attention,” a professor of environmental politics said recently. Construction of an A.I. data center in Texas last month.Credit...Brandon Bell/Getty Images

With $7 trillion on the line, AI safety may always take a backseat to market domination

Why slowing down AI scaling may be impossible.

"The last invention that man need ever make": The risk of self-improving AI

Recent cyber threats rattling the AI world hint at RSI.

Instinct Took Silicon Valley By Storm. Meet The 'Brilliant' 23-Year-Old College Dropout Who Started It.

Instinct, founded by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, captured investors' attention with rapid growth. Now, it's competing with Meta's Muse.