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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

