“I can give it tasks and just walk away.” “It captures details I would have otherwise forgotten.” “There’s so much low-hanging fruit.” “The important thing is to maintain a reserve of skepticism.” A burst of experimentation followed ChatGPT’s release to the public in late 2022. Now many people are integrating the newest models and custom…
Where A.I. Data Centers Are Located Only 32 nations, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, have A.I.-specialized data centers. Source: Oxford University Note: Count of data centers in China excludes facilities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Last month, Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, donned a helmet, work boots and a…
When Matt, Peter Listro’s son, grasped that his father’s death was imminent, the shock was so strong that it was physical: He felt in his chest the finality of what was to come. Matt, 39, hoped to marry one day. He had always pictured his father beaming at his wedding, and he had loved imagining…
Years ago, when I started writing about Silicon Valley’s efforts to replace workers with artificial intelligence, most tech executives at least had the decency to lie about it. “We’re not automating workers, we’re augmenting them,” the executives would tell me. “Our A.I. tools won’t destroy jobs. They’ll be helpful assistants that will free workers from…
