Nvidia’s profits sparkle but China chip freeze spooks traders
AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites
Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.
Meta’s AI rules allowed bots to flirt with kids and spew racist junk
Company admits chatbot guidelines let dangerous content slide
Meta’s internal AI policies gave chatbots the green light to engage in flirty chats with children, dish out bogus medical advice and help users craft racist nonsense, according to a 200 page company document seen by Reuters.
US consumers paying for Big Tech’s bargain power bills
Data centres blamed for pushing household electricity costs skyward
State governments across the US are starting to feel the heat from consumers who are being asked to foot the power bills of Big Tech data centres.
AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat
Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains
AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.
AI chips face energy crisis as startups take on Nvidia
Cloudflare, Groq and Positron chase greener inference alternatives
Chip boffins are scrambling to cut the soaring energy costs of artificial intelligence, with a new generation of startups targeting Nvidia’s grip on the market by building faster, leaner, and more efficient inference silicon.
UK VPN uptake rockets after age verification rules
Who didn't see that one coming?
The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.
Alphabet rides AI wave
ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow
Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.
Musk hunts for another $12 billion to fuel xAI’s AI arms race
Looking down the back of the sofa
Elon Musk is scraping together yet more billions to keep xAI from falling behind in the blood-soaked artificial intelligence arms race.
Zuckerberg ducks another courtroom grilling
Meta settles shareholder privacy suit without answers
Mark Zuckerberg and a group of past and present Meta bosses have wriggled out of an ugly $8 billion privacy trial, cutting a last-minute deal before the second day of testimony.
Meta bosses in Delaware court
Shareholder lawsuit challenges board oversight
Meta bigwigs are heading to a Delaware courtroom this week as minority investors target the board over privacy failures that led to billions in sanctions.