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🤖 AI is ready to change the world, but beyond the well-documented ethical and existential concerns it introduces, there’s another problem: compute. 💸 The hardware and running costs of AI are truly extraordinary, and threaten to stand in the way of businesses aiming to unlock its incredible potential. In their latest blog, Flavia Levi and Owen Metters from the Octopus Ventures deep tech team explore some of the new technologies that hold promise for unlocking the compute power AI needs. Here are a few of the areas they believe hold promise: ⚡ Digital accelerators. From Graphcore and Groq’s efforts, to the potential or RISC-V, innovation is powering change. ⌨️ Analog computing. Sometimes you have to look back to look forward – and only a radical solution will do. 🧠 Neuromorphic computing. Edge compute could save power, but businesses in the space will need to work to convince buyers of the economic advantages. To learn more about the compute innovations helping power AI, read Owen and Flavia’s full blog here. https://lnkd.in/eTHgph_F #deeptech

Big hurray to the #builders and #backers in the space of next-gen compute, for enabling advancements in AI through the design of energy-efficient devices. While more break-through innovation is in the making, Owen and I take a look at what's been happening to date.   If you're working or researching the area of #neuromorphic, developing novel computing-in-memory (#CIM) architectures, bridging the "software gap" that would enable faster adoption of new #AIchip designs - we'd be keen to chat!   #deeptech #semiconductors #VC

AI is changing the world, but we are heading for/are hitting a hardware bottleneck! Here are some thoughts from Flavia Levi and I on the challenges and opportunities in AI acceleration. If you're building something we'd love to hear from you!

AI & The Future of Computing: Advancements, Equity, and Innovation Explore the exponential growth of computer architecture and AI advancements, and the implications for global equity. Discover how technology can be both a driver of progress and a potential divider among nations. Join the discussion on the democratization of technology and the need for constant investment to reshape the world. #FutureOfComputing #AIAdvancements #GlobalEquity #TechnologyProgress #DemocratizationOfTech #InvestmentInnovation #ReshapingTheWorld #ComputerArchitecture #AIAdvances #NationsTechnologyGap #NVIDIA #JensenHuang #ai #artificialintelligence #ainews #Technology #Business #AIhistory #AIarchive #history #GEForce ========== A digital you. https://ctrlv.ai

A recent post from Sequoia Capital explores the growing payback gap in AI investment vs. revenue. It’s worth a read, and it’s a good reminder that we’re still surfing the peak of the GenAI hype cycle, at least in terms of speculative investment. This, combined with recent industry analysis showing an approaching plateau in GenAI benchmark performance suggests we might be nearing the apex of the curve. I think this is a good thing. Getting past the noise and hype will provide much needed space to rationalize expenditures in GenAI and to develop practical and pragmatic applications vs. throwing them at every conceivable problem, real or fancied. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #

GeeksforGeeks about the #stargate project of Microsoft and #openAI,. They are planning to invest more than 100 billion US-Dollar for a new data centre and for #supercomputer(s) for #artificialintelligence (https://lnkd.in/d7PMKsVE) It's also a topic about the need for #democraticAI, social impacts of AI, it's high #energyconsumption and the competition in the chip market: https://lnkd.in/d4xrJrQS (in German). #hpc, #HPCAI, #energy, #futurecomputing

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A day in the life of a science-heavy generative AI company! Great story by Erin Griffith at The New York Times. And great anecdotes from Docugami's own Jean Paoli. The struggle for GPUs is very real, but the end result is worth it. #GenerativeAI #BusinessDocuments #DocumentEngineering https://lnkd.in/egU8VuwD

Compute is the new oil ⛽ 🥇 ⚡"Compute is the new oil," declares Jonathan Ross, capturing the essence of the transformative era we're entering. With generative AI crafting content in real-time, the demand for computational power has skyrocketed. 🚀 OpenAI and Microsoft's ambition, illustrated by their plan to build the colossal $100 billion 'Stargate' data center, underscores the urgent need for advanced compute solutions. 💰 This initiative, alongside Altman's investments in Helion Energy for fusion power, paints a vivid picture of the future where compute capacity and energy innovation fuel the AI revolution. 🔌 🔗 Read More: https://lnkd.in/eM4Xv6ma) 🏷️ #TechInnovation #AIFuture #ComputeRevolution #DigitalTransformation

The US needs a robust sovereign computing strategy and it must encourage open source innovation. Don’t let this be controlled by the very few in big tech. We have world’s best university ecosystem and they need more compute and government must incentivize them for the greater good. AI is a multisatekeholder play and we must get it right from the start. What do you think? #CEO #KSgems #OpenSource #Innovation #AI National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Science Foundation (NSF) https://lnkd.in/eSu6jQgG