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News Roundup
AI Chip Shortage to Persist - Surging AI demand strains chip supply as TSMC races to expand production capacity through 2026.
A Short History of AI - The very term “artificial intelligence” was controversial from the start, with many of John McCarthy’s colleagues in 1955 preferring alternative names like “automata studies” or “complex information processing”
Real-Time Stylization of Live Video Streams - Live2Diff overcomes the limitations of current video AI models by employing uni-directional temporal attention, allowing it to process live video streams at 16 frames per second on high-end consumer hardware.
AWS Unveils AI Innovations - New AI tools, low-code app builder, and a focus on security and customization highlight AWS's push to lead the generative AI race.
Todays Top Story
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus is now developing AI weapons through his new company Anduril.
Anduril is based on his belief that traditional defense contractors lacked the right talent and incentives to invest in cutting-edge AI, autonomy and robotics, while tech giants like Google and Apple were unwilling to work with the U.S. military.
The company has been providing hardware to Ukraine since the early days of the Russian invasion. Its AI drones can be pre-programmed to independently search for and attack targets without even remote human control.
Anduril is part of a growing ecosystem of tech firms vying to reshape warfare through artificial intelligence, envisioning a future battlefield dominated more by autonomous systems than human combatants.
The Evolution of Work
At every stage of major technological advancement in human history, from the agricultural to the industrial revolution, humans have had to re-imagine what their future will look like.
Novel technologies can redefine the socio-economic fabric of our world, creating new sources of value, meaning, and opportunity alongside unprecedented risks and widespread uncertainty.
Humans create technology because it’s useful to them—it solves a problem or accomplishes a task, freeing them up to pursue things that are more important or meaningful. In essence, technologies are tools that humans use to improve their quality of life, and AI is no different in this respect.
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