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In today's Techpresso:
🤯 Microsoft and OpenAI to build $100 billion AI supercomputer 'Stargate'
🗣 OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
💥 Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
📈 Amazon's AI team faces pressure to outperform Anthropic's Claude models by mid-year
🚫 Microsoft Copilot has been blocked on all Congress-owned devices
🎁 + 5 other news you might like
🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools
🤯 Microsoft and OpenAI to build $100 billion AI supercomputer 'Stargate'LINK
Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly collaborating on a significant project to create a U.S.-based datacenter for an AI supercomputer named "Stargate," estimated to cost over $115 billion and utilize millions of GPUs.
The supercomputer aims to be the largest among the datacenters planned by the two companies within the next six years, with Microsoft covering the costs and aiming for a launch by 2028.
The project, considered to be in phase 5 of development, requires innovative solutions for power, cooling, and hardware efficiency, including a possible shift away from relying on Nvidia's InfiniBand in favor of Ethernet cables.
🗣 OpenAI unveils voice-cloning toolLINK
OpenAI has developed a text-to-voice generation platform named Voice Engine, capable of creating a synthetic voice from just a 15-second voice clip.
The platform is in limited access, serving entities like the Age of Learning and Livox, and is being used for applications from education to healthcare.
With concerns around ethical use, OpenAI has implemented usage policies, requiring informed consent and watermarking audio to ensure transparency and traceability.
💥 Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connectionsLINK
Researchers discovered a malicious backdoor in the xz Utils compression tool, affecting Linux distributions such as Red Hat and Debian.
The backdoored versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 of xz Utils were identified in beta releases of Fedora Rawhide and Debian, as well as a stable release of Arch Linux, but not in major production systems.
The discovery of the backdoor before it impacted production versions of Linux minimized real-world effects, with experts highlighting the potential disaster had it gone undetected.
📈 Amazon's AI team faces pressure to outperform Anthropic's Claude models by mid-yearLINK
Amazon has invested $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, but is also developing a competing large-scale language model called Olympus. Olympus is supposed to surpass Anthropic's latest Claude model by the middle of the year and has 'hundreds of billions of parameters.' So far, Amazon has had no success with its own language models. Employees are unhappy with Olympus' development time and are considering switching to Anthropic's models.
🚫 Microsoft Copilot has been blocked on all Congress-owned devicesLINK
The US House of Representatives has banned its staff from using Microsoft's AI chatbot Copilot due to cybersecurity concerns over potential data leaks.
Microsoft plans to remove Copilot from all House devices and is developing a government-specific version aimed at meeting federal security standards.
The ban specifically targets the commercial version of Copilot, with the House open to reassessing a government-approved version upon its release.
Other news you might like
Official NYC Chatbot Encouraging Small Businesses to Break the Law.LINK
ChatGPT's responses now include source references but for paid users.LINK
Next-generation AI semiconductor devices mimic the human brain.LINK
Fake crypto bot scammer allegedly told investors, ‘Poof, you’re a millionaire’.LINK
Tesla’s awful quarter has Wall Street on edge ahead of delivery numbers.LINK
Latest research and tools
Prolog language for PostgreSQL proof of concept: allows users to experiment with integrating the Prolog programming language into PostgreSQL databases for advanced data querying and logic programming capabilities.LINK
xz-utils backdoor: a hidden vulnerability discovered on March 29th, 2024, in the xz-utils compression software, impacting systems running specific versions and configurations, particularly those accessible via public SSH, and requiring urgent updates to mitigate potential unauthorized access.LINK
TnT-LLM: Text mining at scale with large language models improves data processing and information extraction efficiency.LINK
Neutrino Radiation Challenges and Proposed Solutions for Many-TeV Muon Colliders: the paper discusses the difficulties of neutrino radiation at high-energy muon colliders and suggests possible solutions.LINK
GenAI Detection Tools, Adversarial Techniques, Implications in Higher Education: the paper discusses how the development of tools to detect AI-generated content could be outpaced by adversarial techniques, impacting academic integrity.LINK
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