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The chief of the Bank of Korea spoke on Wednesday, October 14, about the need to curb inflation. The remarks referred to the AI boom and the crisis in the Middle East.
Read the original →Workers are as likely to expect negative outcomes as positive ones if AI makes them more productive. The finding comes from new data from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Read the original →Google has published a European economic impact report. According to the report, AI adoption is changing workplace tasks and improving efficiency.
Read the original →A workshop in Brussels ranked the signals Europe must track. They range from junior vacancies to the labour share of GDP.
Read the original →New research finds that four in 10 workers and executives fear AI will damage human connection and company culture. Nearly three in four employees say company values aren't guiding its adoption.
Read the original →Speaking in Hot Springs, Ravi Hutheesing said preparing students for a workforce increasingly shaped by AI will require colleges to focus on what machines cannot replace. He named the human ability to think, connect with others and find purpose.
Read the original →Kroger will cut 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years as part of its shift toward AI. Shoppers say the move raises concerns about job loss and the company's values.
Read the original →Coahoma Community College is encouraging its faculty, staff and the general public to enroll in the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network. It offers free, self-paced Intel AI for Workforce training courses this fall.
Read the original →Conversations about the environmental impact of AI continue amid a lack of facts. Companies' data and promises end up validating these concerns.
Read the original →The Electricity Authority is preparing rules that would block larger facilities. Developers are seeking grid connections totaling 27,000 megawatts, well above the country's installed generation capacity. Data centers could account for about 20% of electricity consumption by 2030.
Read the original →Advanced Energy Industries announced the Centra Smart Hub and new high-density power solutions for AI data centers and chip tools. The Centra Smart Hub targets more accurate wafer temperature measurement for advanced semiconductor equipment. The company also introduced a single-whip AC input option for its 33 kW ORv3 HPR power shelf and three ultra-high power density M-CRPS units.
Read the original →Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, and Democrat Peter Crosby met in a fairly tame debate on Tuesday evening in Logan. They are campaigning to represent Utah's 2nd District.
Read the original →China's exports and imports spiked in September. Anthropic has warned that malicious AI software may soon be able to spread via phones, laptops, cars and household devices.
Read the original →Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Austan Goolsbee told Semafor that AI-tied inflation is "jumping out of its lane."
Read the original →An analyst predicts 80 percent of neoclouds will disappear as standalone businesses by 2030.
Read the original →Cheap Chinese open-source LLMs could spark a $2.3T AI infrastructure reset. The article covers Jefferies capex data, pricing tables and analyst warnings.
Read the original →Combined CapEx among the world's nine leading CSPs is projected to rise 106% YoY to US$957 billion in 2026. In 2027 it is expected to surpass $1.5 trillion, a further 60% YoY increase. Both forecasts have been revised upward from previous estimates.
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