AI News Roundup – June 28, 2024

AI and heat waves pose dual threats to the power grid

AI’s high energy needs threaten sustainability goals and strain power grids. However, the demand for clean energy to power AI could accelerate innovation in renewable energy

yahoo! Jun 28, 2024

New trade body wants to license training data for AI use

A new trade association, the Dataset Providers Alliance, aims to standardize AI training data licensing and advocate for ethical data practices

cio Jun 27, 2024

Intel Demonstrates First Fully Integrated Optical I/O Chiplet

Intel unveils a revolutionary optical chiplet that integrates high-speed data transmission directly onto CPUs, boosting bandwidth and efficiency for AI and high-performance computing

business wire Jun 26, 2024

Software engineers develop a way to run AI language models without matrix multiplication

Researchers develop a new approach to running AI language models that eliminates the need for matrix multiplication, potentially reducing processing power required

techxplore Jun 26, 2024

What is ‘AI washing’ and why is it a problem?

Companies exaggerate their use of AI (AI washing) to mislead investors and consumers. This can hurt trust, investment, and adoption of real AI advancements

bbc Jun 26, 2024

A.I. can radically lengthen your lifespan, says futurist Ray Kurzweil. Here’s how

Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a medical revolution driven by AI, with faster drug development and simulated trials

fortune Jun 25, 2024

ESM3: Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model

AI model ESM3 can design new proteins for various uses by simulating millions of years of protein evolution

evolutionaryscale Jun 25, 2024

Anthropic CEO says we need to think bigger than a universal basic income if we want to solve the AI inequality problem

AI wealth gap looms! Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, pushes for solutions beyond universal basic income (UBI) to tackle potential inequality

yahoo! Jun 24, 2024

U.S. record labels are suing AI music generators, alleging copyright infringement

Record labels are suing AI music generators, accusing them of stealing copyrighted music by replicating the work of famous artists

nbcnews Jun 24, 2024

AI is shaping the fate of software engineers, but there is a new way to succeed

AI automates coding in software engineering. Engineers will shift from coding to problem-solving and translating business needs into AI solutions

cnbc Jun 24, 2024

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