Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts
About this report Google's 2024 Environmental Report provides … Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Google's emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand The Keyword : Our 2024 Environmenta...
A look at CulturePulse, which is building an AI model to create a virtual version of Israel and Palestinian territories and has signed a nine-month UN contract
both Americans who are now based in Europe—were on the ground as part of a contract they signed with the UN in August to develop a first-of-its-kind AI model that they hope will help analyze solutions...
Framing AI debates as a schism between people worried about AI going rogue and those illuminating actual harms is ahistorical and obscures important research
In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot … Bluesky: @abeba.bsky.social , @mmitchell.bsky.social , and @emilymben...
An interview with AI researcher Timnit Gebru on her controversial sacking by Google in 2020, biases in AI and Big Tech, racism in Silicon Valley, and more
The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI.
Geoffrey Hinton should have spoken up years ago when others like Timnit Gebru were criticizing Google over LLMs; hopefully Hinton spurs others to speak up now
It is hard not to be worried when the so-called godfather of artificial intelligence, Geoffrey Hinton, says he is leaving Google and regrets his life's work.
Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO
two sides of incumbent disruption. Miles Kruppa / @mileskruppa : Google is merging its two AI research units into something called “Google DeepMind” led by DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis h...
Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turn out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal
I marvel the technology. But. … Kyle Dent : An open letter calls for companies to pause building AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 due to “profound risks to society and humanity.” … Peter Peng : Co...
Tweets by 8VC's Joe Lonsdale about “woke” tech diversity prompt swift criticism from tech investors as he attempts to recontextualize his earlier statements
Last week, in response to someone who tweeted that VCs were racist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale … Tweets: @thevaluesvc , @ceonyc , @triketora , @brianbrackeen , @jtlonsdale , @jtl...
Cher Scarlett, a leader of #AppleToo, says she is no longer withdrawing her NLRB complaint against Apple after it failed to execute a settlement in good faith
history made!!!] Cher Scarlett / @cherthedev : On 9/2/21, I sent a list of 4 demands to Apple. One was a company-wide memo clarifying employee rights including discussing pay & working conditions. Aft...
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, who left Google last year, launches Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research, an institute focused on the responsible use of AI
The researcher, who says Google fired her a year ago, wants to ask questions about responsible use of artificial intelligence.