Month: October 2023
OpenAI forms new team to assess ‘catastrophic risks’ of AI
OpenAI is forming a new team to mitigate the “catastrophic risks” associated with AI. In an update on Thursday, OpenAI says the preparedness team will “track, evaluate, forecast, and protect” against potentially major issues caused by AI, including nuclear threats. The team will also work to mitigate “chemical, biological, and…
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AMD quietly annihilated Intel in a hotly contested world record — with 192 water-cooled EPYC cores hidden behind a cardboard protector
There’s a new champion in the race to get the best score on the industry standard Cinebench R23 test, with the AMD EPYC 9654 processor hitting world record of 147,668. This record was achieved by coupling together two AMD EPYC 9654 CPUs to achieve a 192-core configuration with 384 threads…
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What we expect at Apple’s Scary Fast event: M3-powered MacBook Pros and new iMacs
Apple has at least one more trick — or possibly a treat — up its sleeve this year. On October 30, the night before Halloween, the company is hosting another event. This one is dubbed “Scary Fast,” which is a strong indicator that Apple will have some speedy new hardware…
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iFixit now sells Microsoft Surface parts for repair
iFixit has started selling genuine replacement parts for Microsoft Surface devices. The company now offers SSDs, batteries, screens, kickstands, and a whole bunch of other parts for 15 Surface products. Some of the devices on that list include the Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Go 4, Surface Studio…
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Threads is adding polls and GIFs
Zuckerberg also made a post with a poll (which shows up in the Threads mobile apps but not on the web so far). It has three options (you can include up to four) and a timer that counts down how long users have to vote in the poll in real…
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AI usage power consumption is now similar to many small countries
New figures from French energy management company Schneider Electric claim artificial intelligence (AI) is now consuming an estimated 4.3GW of power globally, almost as much as some small countries. As adoption of the technology increases, so will its power usage. By 2028, Schneider Electric reckons AI will account for between…
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