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To understand Nvidia, take a look at its CEO and culture

by Tae Kim
Nov 20, 2024
Fear and anxiety became Jensen Huang's favorite motivational tools, writes author Tae Kim in his upcoming book "The Nvidia Way."
In his book about Nvidia, Tae Kim says CEO Jensen Huang, above, once told his executive staff: “There may be people smarter than me, but no one is ever going to work harder than me.”
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A Warmer World

Funding for climate tech startups is waning. Much of it's moving to AI.

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson
Nov 11, 2024
Investing in AI has been an easy pitch this year, while the capital-intensive nature of green energy startups has put off some funders.
Funding for startups focused on climate change has suffered a chill, partly because of the costs of building out solutions.
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Exclusive: Authors Guild to offer "Human Authored" label on books to compete with AI

by Matt Levin
Oct 7, 2024
The Authors Guild will offer its 15,000 members a new certificate to place book covers: one that shows a book is written by humans and not artificial intelligence.
Coming soon to a bookstore near you? Labels that distinguish books written by humans.
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Taller, slicker data centers could be the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Oct 1, 2024
Data centers are getting taller and slicker as they move closer to urban and suburban areas.
A construction crew works on a CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Skills Gap

Dame Judi Dench could be your next AI voice assistant

by Matt Levin
Sep 25, 2024
Dame Judi Dench and comedians Awkwafina and Keegan-Michael Key have signed deals with Meta to humanize chatbots.
Judi Dench is among the celebrities who have signed multimillion-dollar contracts with Meta to create AI assistants based on their voices.
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Skills Gap

Schools warm to AI

by Matt Levin
Sep 19, 2024
"They've kind of come around," says a school superintendent in Fargo, North Dakota.
More companies are seeing an opportunity to expand AI into schools.
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Inside China's "superchip" black market

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Aug 29, 2024
Powerful computer chips are sold in Shenzhen markets despite U.S. restrictions on exports, says Ana Swanson of the New York Times.
An electronics store in a Shenzhen tech market, where vendors are selling some restricted NVIDIA superchips.
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More corporations are disclosing the risk AI might pose to their businesses

by Matt Levin
Aug 22, 2024
What those risks are, and which companies are worried, go beyond the usual suspects.
Many companies don't see AI as a competitor but do acknowledge a security risk to using AI in their work.
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In a weak jobs report, this sector did worse, fyi

by Caleigh Wells
Aug 2, 2024
The information sector lost 20,000 jobs in July. Its unemployment rate is sitting at an uncomfortable 5.6%.
Information sector fields like journalism are going through unstable times. Above, presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared at the National Association of Black Journalists convention this week.
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Wall Street's question for Big Tech: When will all that money you're spending on AI finally pay off?

by Henry Epp
Jul 30, 2024
For now, it's boosting other parts of the economy — chipmakers and contractors that build data centers, for example.
Investors want to see AI spending start to pay off, but building AI-supportive infrastructure takes time.
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