5 things about AI you might have missed today: AI that could make humanity extinct, Odisha’s AI initiative, etc.
Nvidia has made big moves in the past few weeks. Reports have suggested that the company that is leading this wave of AI will soon pass the $1 trillion valuation mark. Valuation gains have increased since the company announced the new AI supercomputer DGX GH200. On the other hand, a new statement, co-signed by leading AI researchers and CEOs, has been issued to warn everyone that the uncontrolled rise of AI could lead to the extinction of the human race. . In a separate report, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched two new AI initiatives in the state. Let’s take a closer look.
Top researchers issue warning about AI
A statement has been released by a San Francisco-based nonprofit, the Center for AI Safety, which has been co-signed by a number of leading AI researchers and influential CEOs including Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman, ‘The Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton, Youshua Bengio and others.
The 22-word statement said, “Reducing the risk of extinction caused by AI must be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” The short announcement was made to draw the attention of governments and regulators on this important issue.
Tamil Nadu CM visits Japan to discuss the use of AI
Tamil Nadu Minister MK Stalin visited technology company NEC Future Creation Hub in Japan on May 30 to discuss how AI could be used in running the government. He also spoke to officials about the matter.
Odisha launches AI initiatives
Odisha Minister Naveen Patnaik launched two new AI initiatives named ‘Odisha for Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence for Youth’ today. In the first phase, the plan will be deployed in Bhubaneshwar, Puri and Cuttack. Odisha language cho Artificial intelligence is a free, 4-hour, AI course by smart will be available on both the mobile app and the website.
AI for Youth for students Who under 18. This includes 2000 5T schools in three cities and Odisha Adarsh Vidyalayas in phase 1.
Nvidia, MediaTek team up to provide AI for cars
MediaTek and Nvidia will work together to develop automotive chipsets with AI technology. MediaTek will build SoCs (system on chip) that will integrate Nvidia’s GPU chiplets, powered by AI architecture. MediaTek will also use Nvidia DRIVE OS, DRIVE IX, CUDA and TensorRT software technologies on these new automotive SoCs.
Qualcomm says cloud won’t be able to meet AI demand
According to one report by Yahoo Finance, said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president of Qualcomm, “As the number of connected devices and data traffic continues to grow rapidly and data center costs rise, it simply won’t. can send everything to the cloud. People wouldn’t want to do that either as far as personal information is concerned.”
