Tech News from Simmons Systems (Page 100)

Tech News from Simmons Systems

Alphabet AI and Quantum Spinoff Sandbox AQ Secures $500 Million

Sandbox AQ, an independent company spun off from Google parent Alphabet, raises $500 million to advance its artificial intelligence and quantum computing technologies.

China Unveils Ambitious AI Plus Action Plan to Dominate Global Artificial Intelligence

China establishes aggressive AI penetration targets of 70% by 2027 and 90% by 2030 under a new national blueprint. The strategy builds on years of targeted investments and a growing framework of detailed technology regulations.

EU Digital Markets Act Forces Tech Giants to Change Business Practices

The European Union's Digital Markets Act officially applies to major tech companies deemed "gatekeepers" to ensure fairer competition. The regulation prevents these large platforms from abusing their market power and requires them to follow strict new rules.

DeepMind's AlphaCode Achieves Median Human Level in Coding Competitions

DeepMind introduces AlphaCode, an AI system that writes computer programs at a competitive level, ranking within the top 54% of participants on Codeforces. The system uses massive-scale code generation and smart filtering to solve novel programming problems.

Nvidia Unveils Hopper H100 Datacenter GPU With 80 Billion Transistors

Nvidia introduces the Hopper H100 GPU for datacenters, packing 80 billion transistors on a custom TSMC 4N process to outperform the previous A100. The new chip focuses heavily on AI and supercomputing workloads with massive upgrades to memory and interconnect bandwidth.

Study Reveals Large Language Models Require Significantly More Training Data

Researchers find that current large language models are severely undertrained, proving that model size and training data must scale equally for optimal performance. The resulting Chinchilla model outperforms massive rivals like GPT-3 using a fraction of the computing power.

NVIDIA Unveils Grace CPU Superchip and Blazing Fast H100 Datacenter GPU

NVIDIA reveals its powerful new Grace CPU Superchip featuring 144 ARM cores and introduces the Hopper-based H100 datacenter GPU that delivers up to six times the performance of its predecessor.

Nvidia Unveils Hopper H100 Datacenter GPU With 80 Billion Transistors

Nvidia introduces the Hopper H100 GPU at GTC 2022, packing 80 billion transistors on a custom TSMC 4N process to succeed the Ampere A100 in supercomputing and AI workloads.

Nvidia Unveils H100 Datacenter Chips and Grace CPU Superchip

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reveals the powerful new H100 datacenter chips and Grace CPU Superchip at the 2022 GTC conference. The new hardware promises massive performance leaps for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.

Midjourney Emerges as Leading AI Image Generator from Text Prompts

Midjourney is a generative artificial intelligence program that creates detailed images from natural language descriptions. Developed by an independent research lab in San Francisco, the service operates primarily through a popular Discord interface.

MidJourney Beta Transforms Simple Text Prompts Into Stunning AI Artwork

The MidJourney beta wows users by generating highly detailed, eerie, and beautiful images directly from text descriptions. The tool runs through Discord and allows creators to easily upscale and refine their unique AI-generated artwork.

Midjourney Opens AI Art Generator to Public in Open Beta

Midjourney opens its AI art generator to everyone in a public beta, offering 25 free images before transitioning to paid tiers. Users need a Discord account to access and create artwork through the platform.

From Leap Motion to AI Art: The Origins of Midjourney

Founded by former Leap Motion creator David Holz in 2022, Midjourney grows from a small research lab into a major AI art generation platform. The tool transforms simple text prompts into stunning visuals and challenges the traditional stock photography industry.