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Huang opened his presentation with an overview of the increasing size of AI workloads, noting that the most powerful chips would spend 30 billion seconds, or 1,000 years to train.  NvidiaNvidia's H100 GPU, the current state of the art chip, delivers on the order of 2,000 trillion floating-point operations per second, or, 2,000 TFLOPS. A thousand TFLOPS is equal to one petaFLOP, ergo, the H100, and its sibling, H200, can manage only a couple of petaFLOPS, far below the 30 billion to which Huang referred.Also: Making…

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company's annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.On a hockey arena stage in the heart of Silicon Valley, Huang introduced Nvidia's latest chip, which is 30 times speedier at some tasks than its predecessor. He also detailed a new set of software tools to help developers sell AI models more easily to companies that use technology from Nvidia, whose…

BYD is launching another lower-priced electric model. The Chinese automaker introduced the new BYD e2 Honor Edition, starting under $13,000, in its latest move to steal market share from gas-powered cars. A liberation battle against gas-powered cars After declaring a “liberation battle” earlier this year, BYD is launching an aggressive campaign aimed at taking market share from ICE vehicles. BYD kicked off the campaign last month with the new Qin Plus EV, which starts at around $15,000 (109,800…

In a double global debut, Volkswagen introduced the new ID.3 GTX and ID.7 GTX Tourer as it expands its range of sporty EVs. Meet the Volkswagen ID.3 GTX hot hatch EV Volkswagen confirmed earlier this week that a sporty new ID.3 GTX will arrive after posting a teaser on its social media. Volkswagen not only unveiled the new electric hot hatch but also introduced the ID.7 GTX Tourer, the most powerful VW wagon ever. The new EVs feature sporty designs, front and rear light signatures, added…

For the first time, Hyundai Motor revealed its new “ST1” EV business platform on Thursday. The ST1 is the first of several new electric models based on the platform. Hyundai goes commercial with new ST1 EV platform After selling a record 268,785 electric cars last year, Hyundai is expanding from passenger EVs into commercial. Hyundai unveiled its new ST1 EV business platform design as it looks to solidify its position in the electric vehicle market. The Service Type 1, or ST1, is a business…

Today, Audi is unveiling the Q6 e-tron, a next-gen electric vehicle based on the new PPE platform co-developed by Audi and Porsche. It is going to compete in the highly popular midsize SUV segment, and when it comes to specs and design, I think the German brand has a winner. But pricing is not available yet. Disclosure: Audi paid for my flights to and from Munich, and my hotel stay so that I could get a “sneak preview” of the Q6 e-tron. The company had no say in our reporting, nor did it ask to.…

AI roundup: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol highlights the risk of AI to democracy at a global summit. Yeol talked about how fake news and disinformation are being spread with the use of AI and how it could create a big threat. In other news, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset with the ability to support on-device generative AI. Know more about such AI news today, March 18, 2024.South Korean President speaks about AI riskSouth Korea is conducting the third Summit for Democracy in which the…

Bon Jovi, the legendary Grammy Award®-winning band and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, are keeping the celebration of their 40th anniversary alive with the release of their latest single, ‘Legendary,’ along with a captivating music video, now available via EMI. This monumental track serves as a thrilling precursor to Bon Jovi’s highly anticipated 16th studio album ‘Forever’ slated for release on June 7, 2024. Fans can now secure their copies of the album through an exclusive pre-order option, which offers a…

London, UK, March 11th, 2024, ChainwireSensay, a pioneering technology company at the intersection of AI and blockchain, today announced the imminent launch of its innovative platform designed to create autonomous lifelike AI Digital Replicas on-chain, marking a significant leap towards digital immortality. Leveraging cutting-edge technology, Sensay offers limitless potential in the digital age, empowering users to retain ownership and monetize their digital twins.A Bold Step for Dementia Patients and…

Image: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority The City of Liverpool, England, has unveiled advanced proposals to build the world’s largest tidal power generator on the River Mersey. If it’s built, Mersey Tidal Power would become the largest tidal range scheme in the world. It would power more than 1 million homes for more than 120 years. The dam-like Mersey Tidal Power would be a barrier between the Irish Sea and a tidal basin. It would be fitted with turbines and tap into one of the…