The explosive growth of AI-powered computing centers is creating an unprecedented surge in electricity demand that threatens to overwhelm power grids and derail climate goals. At the same time, artificial intelligence technologies could revolutionize energy systems, accelerating the transition to clean power. “We’re at a cusp of potentially gigantic change throughout the economy,” said William … Read More
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, the landscape is becoming increasingly competitive and ethically fraught. Companies like Anthropic, which have missions centered on developing “safe AI,” face unique challenges in an ecosystem where speed, innovation, and unconstrained power are often prioritized over safety and ethical considerations. In this post, we explore whether such companies … Read More
NVIDIA just reported financials that showcase stunning growth in the AI space despite earlier concerns that DeepSeek’s emergence represented some kind of existential threat to the company. This position of weakness was never well founded given DeepSeek ran on older NVIDIA hardware because of U.S. rules denying the sale of more modern technologies to companies … Read More
The Phi-4 family is Microsoft’s latest advancement in small language models (SLMs), designed to excel in complex reasoning tasks while maintaining efficiency. The Phi-4 series includes three key models: Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning. The newly released models are built with a clear focus: deliver advanced reasoning performance without the infrastructure demands of trillion-parameter models. They … Read More
Microsoft has officially open-sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), placing a previously premium AI-powered coding assistant into the hands of developers—free of charge. Released under the permissive MIT license, the entire feature set that once required a subscription is now accessible to everyone. This shift represents a major milestone … Read More
When we began studying jailbreak evaluations, we found a fascinating paper claiming that you could jailbreak frontier LLMs simply by translating forbidden prompts into obscure languages. Excited by this result, we attempted to reproduce it and found something unexpected.
Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which researchers can manually measure important material properties. A fully autonomous robotic system developed by MIT researchers could speed things up. Their system utilizes a … Read More
Grok 3 In an AI-powered world, PR agencies must adapt to remain relevant by leveraging technology while maintaining the human touch that defines effective communication. Below, we outline how agencies should adjust staffing, training, and skills profiles, evolve their services portfolio, and address the strongest impacts of AI on public relations, particularly in social media … Read More
I did a podcast this month on how to use technology to increase innovation. Now, I’m not a fan of innovation for its own sake. If you have something that works, innovation can be a bad thing because it may break what works. But if it doesn’t work, or it works badly, and you’ve looked at … Read More
Despite significant advancements in artificial intelligence, a concerning trend is emerging: the newest and most sophisticated AI models, particularly those employing complex “reasoning” capabilities, are demonstrating a significant increase in inaccurate and fabricated information. This is a phenomenon commonly referred to as “hallucinations.” This development is puzzling to industry leaders and posing considerable challenges for … Read More