🗞 Google's Nuclear Power Play: Fueling AI with Atomic Energy ⚛️

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• Google's Nuclear Power Play: Fueling AI with Atomic Energy ⚛️

• AI Talent Shuffle: Microsoft VP Jumps Ship to OpenAI 🔀

• Viral ChatGPT Prompt Offers Deep Personal Insights 🧠

• U.S. Defense Ramps Up AI Spending Post-ChatGPT 🛡️

• Musk's xAI Sets Record: 100,000 GPUs in 19 Days 🚀

• TikTok's Dark Secret: Leaked Docs Reveal Child Addiction Concerns 📱

• Other news you might find interesting 👀

⚛️ Google signs deal for nuclear power to fuel its AI ambitions. Link

• Google will purchase electricity from small modular reactors (SMRs) developed by Kairos Power, with the first expected to be online by the end of this decade.

• The agreement aims to generate 500 megawatts of power through additional small reactors by 2035, addressing the growing energy demands of AI technologies.

• This move follows similar initiatives by Microsoft and Amazon, highlighting tech giants' increasing reliance on nuclear energy to power data centers.

🔀 Microsoft's VP of GenAI research joins OpenAI in high-profile move. Link

• Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft's VP of GenAI research, is leaving to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

• Microsoft states Bubeck will "further his work toward developing AGI" at OpenAI.

• This move comes amid recent departures from OpenAI, including their longtime CTO Mira Murati in September.

🤖 New viral ChatGPT prompt offers personal insights, endorsed by OpenAI CEO. Link

• The prompt "From all of our interactions, what is one thing that you can tell me about myself that I may not know about myself?" is gaining popularity on social media.

• Users report receiving profound and emotional responses, with many finding the AI's insights surprisingly accurate and meaningful.

💻 U.S. defense and homeland security departments invest heavily in AI since ChatGPT's launch. Link

• The Department of Defense has awarded approximately $670 million in AI-related contracts to 323 companies since ChatGPT's release, a 20% increase from the previous two years.

• The Department of Homeland Security's AI contract spending tripled to $22 million, awarded to 20 companies in 2022 and 2023.

🚀 Elon Musk's xAI sets up 100,000 Nvidia H200 GPUs in record 19 days. Link

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the feat "superhuman," as it typically takes data centers 4 years to complete a similar setup.

• The process involved building a massive factory, equipping it with liquid cooling and power, and coordinating complex networking for all 100,000 GPUs.

• This unprecedented achievement showcases the rapid scaling of AI infrastructure and Musk's aggressive approach to AI development.

🚨 Leaked TikTok documents reveal alarming insights on child addiction. Link

• ByteDance knew kids could become addicted to TikTok in just 35 minutes (260 videos).

• Internal research showed extended use harms children's mental and social development.

• The company's screen-time tool was largely ineffective, reducing usage by only 1.5 minutes.

More news you might find interesting:

• 🏢 OpenAI establishes presence near Microsoft with new Seattle-area office. Link

• 🤖 Google uses AI as antitrust defense against DOJ breakup proposal. Link

• 🛍️ Google supercharges Shopping with AI and personalized feed. Link

• 🍱 Amazon partners with startup Fulfil for robotic Whole Foods warehouses. Link

• 🔳 Samsung is reportedly considering replacing the Settings menu with AI for future smartphones. Link

• 🧠 Scientists create new benchmark to assess AI's potential for catastrophic harm. Link

• 📊 AI agents are revolutionizing industries by autonomously handling complex tasks. Link

• 🕊️ 'Suicide pod' inventor Philip Nitschke pushes for AI-assisted end-of-life decisions. Link

• 📈 Nvidia and AI chip stocks surge amid continued strong demand for AI hardware. Link

• 🚀 SpaceX lands reusable Starship booster as critics snipe. Link

• 🎮 Microsoft settles antitrust lawsuit over $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition. Link

• 🏔 Meta's 'Avalanche' VR cloud streaming system appears on Quest store. Link

• ❌ Major Meta outage hits Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger across US. Link

• 📱 Apple unveils faster iPad Mini: starts at $499 with 30% faster CPU and 25% faster GPU. Link

• 🏫 Parents sue Hingham High School over son's punishment for using AI on assignment. Link

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