Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Atlas Goes Hands On
October 30th, 2024Via: Boston Dynamics:
X.ai: Inside the Largest AI Training Cluster in the World
October 29th, 2024Off topic, but this might be of interest if you want to see what the business end of Grok AI looks like. Also, that cable management… Woh. Via: ServeTheHome:
Marines Testing Counter-Drone Rifle Aiming System With Automatically Moving Stock
October 25th, 2024Via: The War Zone: The U.S. Marines are testing a system for standard service rifles that automatically fine-tunes the point of aim with the help of a powered buttstock as a new option to help shoot down drones. The service is in the midst of a broad push to acquire new capabilities to help every […]
Integer Addition Algorithm Could Reduce Energy Needs of AI by 95%
October 20th, 2024I have nowhere near enough propellers in my beanie to do a reality check on this: Addition is All You Need for Energy-efficient Language Models Definitely interesting, if real. Via: TechXplore: A team of engineers at AI inference technology company BitEnergy AI reports a method to reduce the energy needs of AI applications by 95%. […]
Amazon Goes Nuclear, to Invest More than $500 Million to Develop Small Modular Reactors
October 16th, 2024Via: CNBC: Amazon Web Services is investing more than $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington state. AWS, Amazon’s subsidiary in cloud computing, has a massive and increasing need for clean energy as it expands its services into generative AI. It’s also a part of Amazon’s path to net-zero carbon […]
Anduril Industries: Bolt & Bolt-M
October 9th, 2024What percentage of the parts that comprise these systems are made in China? Update: Answer: Low Dependence on Chinese Parts: The company has reduced its spending on parts from China to just 0.2% of its total supplier budget. Via: Anduril Industries: Related: Anduril’s Roadrunner Drone Hunting Drone Gets Expanded Order From Pentagon
Autonomous Food Delivery Robot Attempts to Navigate Homeless Camps in Los Angeles
October 3rd, 2024Californians: What’s the pay rate for the person who’s lucky enough to go around gathering up the disabled robots from the homeless camps? Via: Chasing Reality:
Sam Altman Just Pitched The Biden Administration On A Massive Build Out Of AI Data Centers
September 29th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: While most of the news this week about Sam Altman has been centered around the nearly $10 billion in equity he could be receiving in OpenAI, another headline slipped through the cracks mid-week: OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on a build-out of massive data centers. OpenAI has urged the Biden administration to […]
Anduril Industries: Ghost-X
September 25th, 2024Better make that cabin in the woods… a cave. Via: Anduril Industries:
Satellite Images Show Massive Devastation At Russian Ammo Storage Sites Struck By Ukrainian Drones
September 24th, 2024Via: The War Zone: New satellite imagery shared with The War Zone shows just how badly three ammunition storage sites in Russia were damaged in recent Ukrainian drone attacks. The strikes, against the Toropets and Oktyabrsk facilities west of Moscow and Tikhoretsk in southern Russia, resulted in tens of thousands of tons of ammunition – […]
