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TikTok axes 500 jobs in Malaysia, embraces AI for global content moderation
AI TAKE OVER TikTok is reportedly laying off 500 employees in Malaysia and plans to automate content moderation using AI.
OpenAI takes a stab at its founding mission with a proposed public benefit structure as hostile takeovers and outsider interference attempt to burst its AI bubble
HOSTILE TAKEOVERS OpenAI is reportedly restructuring its business model into a public benefit corporation, that will keep hostile takeovers and outside interference at bay.
Former Google CEO says AI firms should build data centers because 'we're not organized' to hit ambitious climate goals anyway: "I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"
AI FOR CLIMATE Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we're not organized to hit climate goals and it might be up to AI to solve this puzzle.
An analyst predicts OpenAI could be part of Microsoft's acquisition portfolio by 2027: "Investors' focus might shift away from AI, and the startups will just find it difficult to keep funding for the innovation they want to do"
OPENAI-OWNED MICROSOFT OpenAI could be on Microsoft's potential buy roster as it continuously burns through money funding its innovations, and investors lose interest in the AI hype.
The Surface Duo is dead — Microsoft pulls plug on $1,500 Surface Duo 2 after just one Android OS upgrade
RIP The Surface Duo 2 has just received its likely final security update, marking an end to Microsoft’s brief return to the smartphone market.
A researcher claims Microsoft and OpenAI may have cracked multi-datacenter distributed training for their AI models based on their 'actions': "Microsoft has signed deals north of $10 billion with fiber companies to connect data centers"
DISTRIBUTED AI TRAINING A researcher claims Microsoft and OpenAI have finally figured out a plausible way to train the LLMs across multiple data centers.
No, OpenAI's ChatGPT doesn't consume 2 liters of water per 50 queries — a new study says it'll take four times more water than previously thought to quench the chatbot's thirst
THIRSTY AI OpenAI's ChatGPT consumes up to four times more water for cooling than previously thought. The study is based on an earlier version of ChatGPT running OpenAI's GPT-3 model.
OpenAI's $6.6 billion investor funding could be setting up the ChatGPT maker for failure unless a critical threshold gets a stamp of approval
TROUBLE BREWING? OpenAI needs to become a for-profit entity within two years or return the money raised by investors to keep its business afloat.
Generative AI won't render coding dead in the water, but 80% of software engineers must upskill by 2027 to keep up with the revolution: "Building AI-empowered software will demand a new breed of a software professional, the AI engineer"
AI ENGINEER A new study by Gartner indicates that 80% of software engineers will reportedly need to upskill by 2027 as a blatant attempt to keep up with the rapid advances in the AI landscape.
