A newspaper with the headline “Middle Eastern funds plowing billions into the hottest AI start-ups”

Biden Administration to Host International AI Safety Meeting in San Francisco After Election

“Groq partnered with Aramco to build “the world’s largest AI inference center” The center will initially house 19,000 LPUs but eventually grow to 200,000 in total The data center will reportedly cost over $100 million, funded by Aramco 

China to require labels for AI-generated content as tech brings fresh challenges | South China Morning Post

“Game Gen – O: Open-world Video Game Generation The first diffusion-transformer model tailored for the generation of open-world video games!!🤩 

Middle Eastern funds plowing billions into the hottest AI start-ups

Chip Startup Groq Backs Saudi AI Ambitions With Aramco Deal – Bloomberg – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/chip-startup-groq-backs-saudi-ai-ambitions-with-aramco-deal

“Elsewhere on the front, soldiers from the FPV bombing group are launching smaller drones to hit Russians soldiers who have attempted to close in on Ukrainian positions and begun digging in. Yevhenii, whose callsign is “Bird”, puts on his immersive goggles and takes control. “We 

French startup Poolside nears $3B valuation for AI that can write code

“Tencent presents GameGen-O Open-world Video Game Generation We introduce GameGen-O, the first diffusion transformer model tailored for the generation of open-world video games. This model facilitates high-quality, open-domain generation by simulating a wide array of game engine 

“”Europe needs regulatory certainty on AI” An open letter signed by Mark Zuckerberg, me, and a number of European CEOs and academics. The EU is well positioned to contribute to progress in AI and profit from its positive economic impact *if* regulations do not impair open” / X

“If you do your thinking in English vs Hindi vs Chinese, I wonder how that influences your chain of thought 

“Chinese company Pudu Robotics just announced their 1st-gen ‘semi-humanoid’, PUDU D7, intended for service and industrial settings. Height: 165 cm, weight: 45 kg, 30 degrees of freedom expandable to 50 with a hand attachment, lifts 10 kg, operates for 8 hours on a single charge. 

Chip Startup Groq Backs Saudi AI Ambitions With Aramco Deal – Bloomberg

UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI | Reuters

US to convene global AI safety summit in November | Reuters

Why these Gulf states want to be AI superpowers | CNN

Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI | Technology sector | The Guardian

“As we close our Series A, I’m proud to announce that @SakanaAILabs has gathered the support of a broad spectrum of Japanese enterprises as our strategic investors, including the 3 Japanese Megabanks (MUFG, SMBC, Mizuho) and other leading companies in each of 🇯🇵 industry sectors.” / X

“Microsoft, BlackRock and the UAE have formed GAIIP – the Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Investment Partnership – to invest $100 billion in datacenters and power infrastructure, mainly inside the United States. 

“Speaking of data centers, Microsoft and Blackrock are raising $30 billion to invest in new and existing AI data centers The investment could total $100 billion if the demand for AI infrastructure warrants it Safe to say the AI “bubble” isn’t bursting yet 

“Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together billions of dollars to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power them. Read more: 

China’s Lenovo to make AI servers in India, opens new AI-centric lab | Reuters

TikTok owner ByteDance taps TSMC to make its own AI GPUs to stop relying on Nvidia — the company has reportedly spent over $2 billion on Nvidia AI GPUs | Tom’s Hardwarehttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-owner-bytedance-taps-tsmc-to-make-its-own-ai-gpus-to-stop-relying-on-nvidia-the-company-has-reportedly-spent-over-dollar2-billion-on-nvidia-ai-gpus

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