Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is considered the world's greatest living mathematician. He has won numerous awards, including the equivalent of a Nobel Prize for mathematics. Technology companies are trying to develop AI that can handle mathematical reasoning, but current AI models, including ChatGPT, are not yet capable of understanding and executing equations or formulating proofs.
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AIMathematicians | Rating: 58 | 2024-10-05 11:30:34 PM |
Microsoft is spending around $200 million a month on GPU compute through AI Neoclouds, despite having its own datacenter construction and operation teams. Nvidia has invested in several AI Neoclouds, allocating its GPUs and praising their growth in speeches and events. AI Neoclouds are a new breed of cloud compute providers focused on offering GPU compute rental, providing cutting-edge performance and flexibility to customers.
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AIMicrosoft | Rating: 53 | 2024-10-05 09:20:35 PM |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced that the company is now financially sound, having reined in its spending after laying off 16% of its employees last year. The company was previously spending $1 billion more than it earned annually. The announcement was made at the Unreal Fest conference in Seattle, where Sweeney also provided updates on Unreal Engine, the Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and the Epic Games Store.
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GamingEpic | Rating: 51 | 2024-10-05 04:50:43 PM |
IronNet, a cyber firm founded by a former director of the National Security Agency, shut down and fired its employees after running out of money. The company, which went public in 2021, had a value of over $3 billion. It was initially successful, but failed to deliver on its promises and became unprofitable.
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TechnologyIronNet | Rating: 51 | 2024-10-05 12:50:40 PM |
Beixiazhu, a village in eastern Zhejiang province's Yiwu city, was a hub for live-streaming e-commerce sellers, particularly on Kuaishou Technology and ByteDance's Douyin platforms, around 2019. The village became an ideal launch pad for ambitious merchants, but the competition eventually drove out sellers. Today, the legacy of that period remains in the 99 houses once occupied by the sellers.
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E-commerceKuaishou | Rating: 42 | 2024-10-05 09:40:43 AM |
