Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reignited his feud with one of the Godfathers of AI and MetaAI chief scientist Yann LeCun. In a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter), Musk mocked LeCun, sarcastically suggesting that Yann LeCun lacks the general intelligence that he dismisses as “complete BS”. It all started when Yann LeCun during…
Nvidia has acquired the assets of AI chip startup Groq in a $20 billion. The deal represents a 3x premium over Groq’s valuation just months ago and it is being viewed as a defensive play to protect Nvidia’s dominance against a rising trend of tech companies preferring custom silicon, specifically Google TPUs. The move is…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently shared an AI-generated photo on X (formerly Twitter) to wish users a Merry Christmas. The photo generated using Google’s Gemini features a custom snow globe image of a figurine version of himself with his dog Jeffree in front of the snow-dusted Golden Gate Bridge, evoking Google’s San Francisco roots. The…
Microsoft and Google are reportedly threatening their procurement executives with termination if they fail to secure critical memory chip supplies from Samsung and SK Hynix, according to industry analyst reports. The intense pressure reflects the severity of the global memory shortage that has sent RAM prices soaring and left AI companies scrambling for components.Citrini Research…
Finding your car after parking often turns into an unneeded chore. You go outdoors, open your phone, and all of a sudden every street appears the same. This is when Google Maps comes in handy without being loud. In addition to giving you directions and traffic updates, it can also remember where you parked and…
Image courtesy: Ice Universe (X) Apple is expected to launch its first foldable smartphone next year. Now, the long-rumoured foldable iPhone from Apple has appeared in newly leaked renders offering a clear look at the design of first foldable iPhone. As per the YouTube channel Front Page Tech and popular tipper Ice Universe, the design…
Nvidia has shelved its ambitious plan to directly challenge cloud giants like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The chipmaker is now refocusing its DGX Cloud division inward, prioritizing its own engineers’ AI model development. This strategic pivot aims to protect Nvidia’s dominant AI chip market share, estimated at over 80%, rather than…
The US has banned five prominent Europeans from entering the country, accusing them of pushing online censorship against American viewpoints. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited efforts to suppress free speech and target American companies, particularly concerning the EU’s Digital Services Act. This move signals a strong ‘America First’ stance against perceived foreign overreach. ‘We…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not so pleased with the recent remarks made by the company’s former AI chief Andrej Karpathy, after Karpathy compared Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system with Google-parent Alphabet’s Waymo software. Recently, an X user Yunchen Jin shared some insights from his conversation with Karpathy, in which he praised the autonomous driving…
A fresh debate over the future of artificial intelligence (AI) broke out recently among some of the world’s most influential AI leaders. Former Meta AI scientist Yann LeCun in his recent appearance on a podcast said that there is no such thing as general intelligence, arguing that human intelligence itself is not truly general. According…