Physicist Steve Hsu says he has published a peer-reviewed theoretical physics paper whose main idea came from GPT-5
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Google says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent
an official report confirms that Gemini consumes per query: — 0.24 Wh of energy (~9 seconds of TV) — 0.03 g of CO2 equivalent — 0.26 ml of water (about 5 drops) — blog: cloud.google.com/blog/prod...
A profile of Alex Gerko, who used an Icelandic supercomputer and 25K AI chips to build XTX, an algorithmic trading firm that handles $250B of daily trades
XTX Markets conquered foreign exchange trading and made its Russian-born founder a multibillion-pound fortune X: @hsu_steve and @tonytassell X: Steve Hsu / @hsu_steve : Alex Gerko in FT. Not on X anym...
Sources paint a bleak picture for startup founders in China; IT Juzi report: only 1,202 startups were founded in the country in 2023 compared to 51,302 in 2018
Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation X: @carnage4life , @tonytassell , @michaelxpettis , @eleanorolcott , @hsu...
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at French airport Jennifer ...
Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut
The more a job is strictly about writing about a known topic or creating art, the more likely it is replaceable by generative AI. … X: Steve Hsu / @hsu_steve : WSJ: Impact of genAI on freelance work L...