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Trump's Second Term Will Change AI, Energy, and More

Here's your guide to how the incoming administration will impact tech

5 min read
A photo collage of Donald Trump and several technologies, including a hybrid bus, a satellite, a chip that says "AI", a wind turbine, and a fighter jet.
The robot helper Rosie from the TV show The Jetsons next to a group of new AI robots consisting of Neo from 1X Technologies, Apollo from Apptronik, Figure 02 from Figure AI, Phoenix from Sanctuary AI, Optimus from Tesla, and Atlas from Boston Dynamics.
RoboticsAIMagazineNovember 2024FeatureSpecial ReportsHumanoid Robots

Let’s Build the AI Robots of Our Sci-Fi Dreams

Here’s how we could finally build humanoid robots that do all our domestic chores

1 min read
Dashboard camera footage of a driver yawning as data generates about his behavior behind the wheel.
TransportationAINews

AI Dash Cams Give Wake-Up Calls to Drowsy Drivers

Innovative tech detects driver fatigue and signals them to take a break

5 min read
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Packaging and Robots

How AI and sustainability are transforming the journey from click to delivery at Amazon

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A large tiled room with rows of floor to ceiling racks of servers covered in art work of a mountain and labelled El Capitan.
ComputingAINews

New Fastest Supercomputer Will Simulate Nuke Testing

El Capitan debuted on the Top500 supercomputing list at #1

2 min read
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AIExplainer

What Are AI Agents?

Here's how AI agents work, why people are jazzed about them, and what risks they hold

4 min read

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SemiconductorsAINews

Analog AI Startup Aims to Lower Gen AI's Power Needs

Sageance emerges from stealth promising Llama 2 at 10 percent power

4 min read
Illustration of two laptops facing each other on a table while robots and tanks emerge from each of their screens to battle each other.
AINews

Meta Opens Its AI Models for the (U.S.) Military

But will the second Trump administration see AI as a friend or foe?

3 min read

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Is Virtualization Greener Than Lab Work for Chips?

3 min read
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One Way That Could Improve Space-Based Power: Relays

3 min read
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Wi-Fi Goes Long Range on New WiLo Approach

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SemiconductorsAerospaceNewsJournal Watch

Even Gamma Rays Can’t Stop This Memory

4 min read
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Predicting Malicious Behavior on X Before It Happens

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Newest Google and Nvidia Chips Speed AI Training

The Nvidia B200 and Google Trillium debut on the MLPerf benchmark charts

4 min read
Illustration of an open book with circuits on it and letters above it spelling out Amazon AI
AINewsComputing

Amazon Puts $110M Into Academic Generative AI Research

A new initiative will help universities access powerful AI tools

3 min read
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RoboticsAINews

It's Surprisingly Easy to Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots

Researchers induced bots to ignore their safeguards without exception

4 min read

The Transistor at 75

The past, present, and future of the modern world’s most important invention
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A phot of an outstretched hand with several transistors in the palm of it.
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

How the First Transistor Worked

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The Ultimate Transistor Timeline

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SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

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SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

3D-Stacked CMOS Takes Moore’s Law to New Heights

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The Transistor of 2047: Expert Predictions

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Machine Learning Might Save Time on Chip Testing

Experimental NXP algorithm could cut majority of tests for some chips

3 min read
A Black engineer closely examining a CPU chip she is working on.
3D rendering of a grass microchip with a globe icon in the center, being used on a circuit board.
SemiconductorsAINewsClimate TechJournal WatchClimate Change

Is Virtualization Greener Than Lab Work for Chips?

One semiconductor company says yes, even considering AI's carbon costs

3 min read
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AIAnalysis

One AI to Another: Is That Your Best Offer?

Autonomous contract negotiation bots could soon be on both sides of the table

6 min read
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AINewsComputing

Generative AI Has a Massive E-Waste Problem

Rapid growth could result in an annual e-waste stream of 2.5 million tonnes by 2030

3 min read
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AINews

Google Is Now Watermarking Its AI-Generated Text

But the DeepMind technology isn’t yet a practical solution for everyone

4 min read