The race to develop artificial intelligence has pushed governments and technology giants to build new electricity plants and upgrade their decades-old grid networks, creating significant opportunities for Chinese power equipment companies, according to analysts. Chinese firms have been benefiting from the spillover of a US order boom, which was driven by US President Donald Trump’s…
US tech majors Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP, and Intel Corporation have jointly opposed Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea‘s demand to allocate spectrum in the 6 gigahertz (GHz) band for mobile services. The tech majors sought the entire 6GHz band to be allocated for wifi services instead. In a joint response to telecom regulator Trai’s…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Europe does not want to be a “vassal” that is dependent on US and Chinese tech companies, calling for a “European preference” in the sector. “Europe doesn’t want to be the client of the big entrepreneurs or the big solutions being provided either from the US or…
In the world of online resale, Facebook Marketplace is often overlooked amid the plethora of other platforms focused on distanced selling, but Marketplace is a hugely popular platform for the trading of secondhand goods — particularly for deals done locally. In fact, every day, one of out every four of Facebook’s 250 million daily active…
What’s happened? Meta has announced a new messaging feature for Whatsapp users that will allow people to chat with users of third-party messaging apps. This update is part of compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europe, which requires interoperability. The rollout begins with two partner services, BirdyChat and Haiket, which will support text,…
“It’ll happen slowly, and then all at once.” That’s how Jim Morrow, founder and chief investment officer of Callodine Capital, describes the eventual – inevitable – unwinding of what he calls “the most crowded trade in history.” Of course, he isn’t just paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway—he’s talking about the AI race, and the trillion-dollar deals so…
Crafting a perfect prompt for AI chatbots is often a challenge — so much so that startups are creating roles for prompt engineers. Consumer-facing AI apps are increasingly adding features like suggestion buttons or autogenerated recommendations to nudge customers to use the chatbot more frequently and show them about what the app can do. Hero,…
Good morning. I had the pleasure of hosting more than a dozen executives yesterday in a Fortune CEO roundtable discussion about how their strategies are shifting amid economic uncertainty and global complexity. We kicked things off with former Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart, who outlined the state of the economy and memorably said that it…
在現代科學研究中，實驗室的規模與員工人數已不再是最重要的資源。Meta(META-US) 執行長祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）與醫生妻子 Priscilla Chan 表示，對於他們的慈善機構陳和祖克柏基金會（Chan Zuckerberg Initiative，CZI）來說，最關鍵的資源是運算能力，尤其是 GPU。 Meta祖克柏：研究人員不需更多實驗室或員工、他們只要GPU。(圖：Shutterstock) 根據《Business Insider》報導，Priscilla Chan 近日談到 CZI 旗下支持的生物研究中心生物樞紐（Biohub）時表示：「我們不是在擴張實驗室空間，而是在擴張運算能力。」 祖克柏補充：「研究人員不需要更多員工，也不需要更多實驗空間，他們只需要 GPU。」 Priscilla Chan 指出，GPU 可視為「新型實驗室空間」，但其成本遠高於傳統濕實驗室。 當被問及 CZI 是否會增加生物樞紐的人員或採用多點網絡模型時，祖克柏表示，兩者可能都會進行。 他透露，CZI 已經新增了多個生物樞紐分支，並正在組建一支中央 AI 團隊。 本月初，祖克柏與 Priscilla Chan 宣布，CZI 將重新調整重心，更加專注於生物樞紐的運作。 生物樞紐也宣布，將與 AI 公司 EvolutionaryScale 合作，利用 AI 與 GPU 運算能力加速人類疾病研究。 生物樞紐在聲明中指出，計畫到 2028 年將運算能力提升至 10,000 張 GPU。目前 CZI 的運算叢集已有 1,000 張 GPU，Priscilla…
Meta 宣布計劃在 2028 年前於美國投資 6000 億美元，其中絕大部分資金將用於建設 AI 資料中心，以實現其打造「個人超級智慧」的願景，並幫助美國保持技術領先地位。 Meta 稍早宣布，計畫在 2028 年前於美國的基礎設施與就業方面投資 6000 億美元。儘管此聲明中缺乏具體細節，必且充滿大型科技公司標準的「自我祝賀」詞彙，但顯然其中絕大部分資金將用於建設 AI 資料中心。 Meta 在其部落格文章中說明：「在 Meta，我們專注於創造下一代 AI 產品，並為每個人打造個人超級智慧 (personal superintelligence)。資料中心對於實現這些目標、並幫助美國保持技術領先地位至關重要。」 確認 9 月白宮「熱麥克風」事件金額 如果「Meta」與「6000 億美元」這個組合聽起來有些熟悉，那是因為這正是 Meta 執行長 Mark Zuckerberg 在今年 9 月於白宮舉行的大型科技執行長晚宴上所提出的數字。 然而，更令人印象深刻的是，當時一段「熱麥克風」 (hot-mic)意外捕捉到 Mark Zuckerberg 與美國總統川普之間的對話。Mark Zuckerberg 當時向總統表示：「抱歉，我還沒準備好 (Sorry, I wasn’t ready)」，並且接著說「我不確定你想要哪個數字 (I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go…