Data center utilizing hashtag trends march 6th. Declining public trust in AI

Imagine a world without Facebook. It only takes 30 minutes. A group of AI leaders will gather, but it looks like Elon Musk won’t be invited. Amazon’s core is data centers. ChatGPT and Google’s new competitor. And public trust in AI is declining.

All about Hashtag Trends’ “Just Breathe and Facebook Will Come Back” edition and more. I’m your host, Jim Love. His CIO for IT World in Canada and his TechNewsDay in the US.

Early this morning, hundreds of thousands of users on Meta’s social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) were locked out of their accounts, leading to a collective scream. Details are still coming in as we’re recording this show for tomorrow morning, but here’s what we do know.

From around 10 a.m. ET to noon, many users were locked out of their accounts and unable to log into Facebook, Instagram, or Threads.

The first report posted on Cyberint.com claims: Three threat groups, Skynet, Godzilla, and Anonymous Sudan, claimed to have shut down Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

The number of people affected was in the hundreds of thousands. On a site called Downdetector, more than 560,000 of his Facebook users in the United States were unable to access the site, and about 160,000 people in Canada were logged out. Instagram and Threads had the same ratio.

But not everyone was affected. Looking at comments from users in Toronto and Ottawa on Downdetector, I was able to log into his Facebook from his home, a two-hour drive to Toronto.

Other sites, such as Twitter, saw a similar spike at 11 a.m., although not as many users were affected as Meta’s site. These were larger than normal, but only in the hundreds.

I think there will be more to come about this in the future. Check out ITWorldCanada.com for updates this morning and stay tuned for updates from CyberSecurityToday host Howard Solomon.

I think this will be discussed today and probably in the next few days.

Source: Down Detector, Cyberint.comITWorldCanada.com

While Meta users were locked out, Elon Musk took the time to make it clear that attacks on any site will not be tolerated. Sorry, I was just kidding.

Elon mocked X with a meme and added in another post, “If you’re reading this post it’s because our servers are working.”

He is always a classy person.

It seems like it was a response to Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. OpenAI is a new coalition of AI companies. SV Angel, 30 years old A one-year-old investment firm led by founder Ron Conway. The beginning of their letter reads: “We invest in and support AI founders who are committed to building the next generation of AI technologies to advance humanity.

“We, the undersigned, are already experiencing the benefits of AI and are working to build AI that contributes to a better future for humanity. We invite you to join us,” the letter reads. I am.

While this letter appears to be open to anyone to sign, the first signature is a virtual “who’s who” in AI, including OpenAI, Google, Mistral, Meta, Salesforce, Hugging Face, and the list goes on and on. There is one notable exception. It appears that Elon Musk was not one of the original signatories. Is it because he doesn’t believe in it?

Or maybe the other kids don’t want to play with him anymore?

Review and sign at openletter.svangel.com.

Sources of information include: svangel.com

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has moved to nuclear-powered data centers to reduce its carbon footprint. His $650 million acquisition deal with Talen Energy gave AWS ownership of a data center complex adjacent to Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Initially opening in early 2023 with a capacity of 48 megawatts, Cumulus has plans to expand to 475 megawatts, with further growth potential due to Amazon’s investment.

Talen Energy will receive $350 million upon closing and an additional $300 million based on the completion of development milestones during 2024. Talen will continue to provide his AWS with direct access to electricity generated by nuclear power plants, and AWS expects it. Up to 960 megawatts will be at your disposal over the next few years. To put that in perspective, if my calculations are correct, that’s enough to power almost a million homes.

This is just one part of Amazon’s continued commitment to powering its data centers with carbon-free, renewable energy sources. Amazon last month signed a power purchase agreement with a wind farm in Oregon and has been exploring alternative energy solutions, such as natural gas fuel cells that can be converted to run on hydrogen.

The move toward nuclear energy is not limited to the Amazon. The data center industry is increasingly considering small nuclear reactors (SMRs) due to their modularity and potential cost benefits while still in operation.

With the advent of AI and the increasing power demands of data centers, it is important to find practical solutions quickly.

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Founded by Dario Amodei, former VP of Research at OpenAI, Anthropic holds a solid No. 3 spot among the leading generative AI companies. Initially, it was known as a rival with almost equal capabilities to ChatGPT, but with the advantage of a huge context window, it could accept bigger questions than OpenAI.

Claude.ai’s generative AI models have competed against larger Windows machines in a way that’s almost reminiscent of old Mac computers. It’s a favorite of writers and those who love it love it. It has a dedicated fan base on YouTube and elsewhere that celebrates it.

However, the latest release has set YouTube ablaze. claude 3

currently claims to outperform OpenAI and other generative AI rivals.

The announcement, made via a blog post, introduces three base models: Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, each designed with enhanced analytics, predictions, code generation, and content creation capabilities.

Claude 3 Opus smashed a series of scores on tests that claim to show superior results, including the HumanEval coding test, which scored 84.9 percent compared to 74.4 percent for Google’s Gemini Ultra and 67 percent for OpenAI’s GPT-4. obtained a score of.

There are also a series of other measures, all of which are impressive. A fair warning, these tests are as controversial as any human IQ test, but still, such a breakthrough for a third-place finisher is causing a stir.

Now that Google is about to launch and Claude.ai is making a lot of noise, one can only wonder if OpenAI will be the next big move to drive development. We know that GPT 5 is in testing and rumors abound about its potential and a new development called Q*.

Sources of information include: CIO DiveYouTube

Public trust in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the companies that develop it is declining globally, according to new data released by Edelman and shared with Axios.

This trend is evident both in the United States and internationally, with trust levels dropping globally from 61 percent to 53 percent over the past five years. In the United States, trust fell by a whopping 15 percentage points over the same period, from 50 percent to 35 percent.

Justin Westcott, Global Technology Chair at Edelman, emphasized the importance of trust in the age of AI and called on companies to address the broader implications of AI technology, including social impact and protecting individual privacy. There is.

The survey also highlights political disparities in levels of trust within the U.S., with Democrats having more trust in AI companies (38%) than independents (25%) and Republicans (24%). shown to be slightly higher. Additionally, the technology sector, which was once the most trusted industry in Edelman’s 90% of the countries he studies, now occupies the top spot in only half of those countries.

Interestingly, the acceptance of AI varies widely between developed and developing countries. In developed countries such as France, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, and Sweden, there is strong resistance to expanding the use of AI. In contrast, acceptance rates are much higher in developing markets such as Saudi Arabia, India, China, Kenya, Nigeria, and Thailand.

Edelman’s research also points to public dissatisfaction with government efforts to regulate AI, with many feeling that current regulations are not meeting expectations. This sentiment highlights the urgent need for regulators to more effectively address public concerns about AI.

Sources of information include: Axios

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