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Google to buy power for AI needs from small modular nuclear reactor company Kairos

Cs news4 months ago05 mins

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said on Monday it signed the world’s first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors to meet electricity demand for artificial intelligence. The technology company’s agreement with Kairos Power aims to bring Kairos’ first small modular reactor online by 2030, followed by additional deployments through…

US study finds China’s tech innovation ‘much stronger’ than previously understood

Cs news5 months ago015 mins

Can China innovate and outcompete the US in their pitched battle for technological supremacy? A 20-month investigation into the innovation performance of 44 Chinese firms across key technologies – including nuclear power, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and materials science – revealed a troubling yes for the US. On Wednesday, analysts from the Information Technology…