Researchers call for transparency on AI tools' carbon footprint; training GPT-3 took an estimated 1.287 GWh of electricity, or what ~120 US homes use in a year
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Microsoft helped build a robust AI ecosystem in China but the company could be forced to reexamine its relationship with the country under tighter US rules
Through decades of support, Microsoft was an instrumental force helping China become the AI powerhouse it is today. Tweets: @katekayereports and @bennettrich Tweets: Kate Kaye / @katekayereports : It'...
A look at Eric Schmidt's push to profit from an AI cold war between the US and China; CB Insights: Schmidt took part in investing $2B+ in AI-focused companies
both to democracy and to his own interests. https://www.protocol.com/... Kate Kaye / @katekayereports : Schmidt's story is an exploration of how a private sector tech mogul has planted the seeds of Ch...
Technologists say Google's Privacy Budget proposal to reduce fingerprinting is vague, and could create privacy harms and break some of the web's functionality
and chaos online https://digiday.com/... Kate Kaye / @katekayereports : “[Google's] Privacy Budget is kind of poisoning the space,” says @brave's Pete Snyder @pes10k - he and others worry that Google ...
Google says it won't build itself Privacy Sandbox backdoors, but whether it will allow itself to use individual-level data from Chrome users remains unclear
Kate Kaye / Digiday : Tweets: @kyotonio See also Mediagazer Tweets: Antoine Bourlon / @kyotonio : “Google's promise doesn't address the elephant in the room: The company may not be opening a proverbi...