Tech News
This section explores the latest developments in technology – not just as innovations, but as forces shaping how we live, think, and relate to the world. Each piece looks beyond headlines to examine the human implications of emerging tools, systems, and paradigms. From artificial intelligence to digital infrastructure, the analysis here is grounded in impact, meaning, and consequence.
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The New Gold Rush of Intelligence In May 2024, Meta made headlines by offering $100 million+ compensation packages to top AI researchers. Many of them former or current OpenAI engineers. This wasn’t just a recruiting effort; it was a raid. The leaked details sparked a storm of debate in Silicon Valley, not just about salaries,…
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Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) have developed Meteor-1, the first ultra-parallel optical computing chip harnessing over 100 wavelengths of light to execute up to 2560 TOPS at a 50 GHz optical clock rate. This architecture leverages soliton microcomb sources and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer mesh, enabling massive on-chip parallelism…
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Mira Murati is back—this time building Thinking Machines, a company poised to reshape the future of AI. From raising millions to assembling a dream team, here’s why the world is betting on her again—and what her next-gen AI platform might mean for the rest of us.
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