Leo's Lightbulbs

Hello everyone and welcome to Leo’s Lightbulbs! I’ll be covering the top news from the past week every Monday morning in your inbox. This newsletter was written completely by hand, without any AI assistance or even AI editing.

This week Google, Intel and Meta all announced their AI chips designed to compete with NVIDIA. The current biggest bottleneck in AI is processors, and everyone is just dying for there to be an alternative to NVIDIA to alleviate the strain on markets and suppliers.

It’s going to take a while for these chips to come to market, but overall, this is good news for everyone (except NVIDIA of course).

💡Google releases new AI chip to compete with NVIDIA

💡Intel releases new AI chip to compete with NVIDIA

💡Meta releases new AI chip to compete with NVIDIA

💡AI uses wild and crazy amounts of energy. Did you know this? ARM and RISC may be able to help.

💡Do we know how to analyze the risks of AI? Probably not.

💡Apple is using the same AI spin as everyone else when talking about its already-slated M4 chips

💡CubeFab bringing a prototype small-footprint, modular chip fabrication plant to Brooklyn

💡Microsoft opening an AI hub in London to compete with Google DeepMind

💡Elon Musk's xAI is seeking a fundraising round that would value the company at $18 billion

💡US Govt giving TSMC $6.6 billion in financing to help build a chip plant in the US

💡MS investing $2.9 billion in AI in Japan by 2025, its largest-ever investment in the country

💡eBay starts using image recognition AI for its new “shop the look” feature

💡Texas to use AI to grade student essays, how could this go wrong?

💡Dove promises to never use AI in advertising. Let's see if they stick to this promise for more than a few years.

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Yours,

Leo