Exclusive: ChatGPT is driving podcast discovery on Spotify and it’s a big shift

For millions of users, the Spotify experience is heavily driven by algorithmic discovery. But thanks to the recent integration with ChatGPT, more users are taking an conversation route to discover new podcasts.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 is nowhere near 1 gigawatt capacity, satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity

Despite Elon Musk’s claim that xAI’s Colossus 2 has already reached a 1 GW scale, satellite analysis by Epoch AI indicates the supercomputer is still far below that level due to limited cooling capacity.

Rethinking AI’s future in an augmented workplace
Rethinking AI’s future in an augmented workplace

There are many paths AI evolution could take. On one end of the spectrum, AI is dismissed as a marginal fad, another bubble fueled by notoriety and misallocated capital. On the other end, it’s cast as a dystopian force, destined to eliminate jobs on a large scale and destabilize economies. Markets oscillate between skepticism and…

Everyone wants AI sovereignty. No one can truly have it.

Governments plan to pour $1.3 trillion into AI infrastructure by 2030 to invest in “sovereign AI,” with the premise being that countries should be in control of their own AI capabilities. The funds include financing for domestic data centers, locally trained models, independent supply chains, and national talent pipelines. This is a response to real…

Nvidia reportedly boosts Vera Rubin performance to ward hyperscalers off AMD Instinct AI accelerators — increased boost clocks and memory bandwidth pushes power demand by 500 watts to 2300 watts

Nvidia has reportedly increased the TDP of premium Rubin processors by 500W to 2.30 kW in a bid to boost clocks, memory bandwidth, and performance per Rubin GPU and per rack.

All anyone wants to talk about at Davos is AI and Donald Trump

This story first appeared in The Debrief, our subscriber-only newsletter about the biggest news in tech by Mat Honan, Editor in Chief. Subscribe to read the next edition as soon as it lands. Hello from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. I’ve been here for two days now, attending meetings, speaking on panels,…

More than half of CEOs report seeing no benefits from AI deployment so far — only 12% of business leaders hit the jackpot of higher revenues and reduced costs

Only a third of CEOs report getting a benefit from AI deployments, while 55% saying they get no benefit or are worse off because of it.