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The world's 'most powerful' AI supercomputer
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Zain Kahn
July 23, 2024
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Welcome back, Superhuman
Is bigger always better? Elon Musk’s new supercomputer, said to be the most powerful in the world, has already begun training. Learn how it could finally help settle one of the longest debates in the AI industry.
Today’s Insights
Inside Elon Musk’s new AI supercomputer
Tutorial: Creating slideshows with AI
How AI can help video game developers
Everything else you should know today
5 new AI tools to boost your productivity
AI-Generated Images: Neon Blobs
NEXT IN AI
Training begins at the ‘world’s most powerful supercomputer’
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In about the time it takes for spring to roll into summer, xAI built from scratch what it claims is the world’s largest AI supercomputer. On Monday, Elon Musk revealed that the Memphis site is already up and running and has begun training what he expects will be the “world’s most powerful AI by every metric by December this year.”
The details:
Musk claims the supercluster is powered by 100,000 state-of-the-art Nvidia H100 chips
Former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque speculated that at 2.5 exaflops (meaning it can calculate 2.5 quintillion floating-point operations per second), it’s said to be more than twice as fast as the current record-holder — the US Department of Energy’s Frontier computer
Mostaque believes the computer would be able to train the likes of GPT-4 in just a week
The 785,000-square-foot facility is considered one of the largest-ever investments in the Memphis area
But it comes at a cost: Investors have poured more than $6 billion into xAI since its founding last year. Local environmentalists, meanwhile, have raised concerns about the site’s energy usage. During peak training periods, the gigafactory could need as much as 150 megawatts of electricity — the same amount needed to power 100,000 homes.
What it could be used for: Musk’s first priority might be training a new version of xAI’s Grok that can go head-to-head with OpenAI’s latest model. The site could also be used to develop new AI products for Tesla and SpaceX. Finally, it may serve as a hub for cutting-edge AI experiments.
But the news also presses on a longstanding debate in the AI community: Tech giants are betting that bigger computers will inevitably lead to more capable models — including ones that could plan for the future and solve complex equations. Some developers, meanwhile, believe we’re reaching a plateau where more compute will only lead to small performance boosts. xAI’s new gigafactory could soon provide the answer.
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THE AI ACADEMY
How to create stunning slides using Presentations AI
Go to Presentations AI and log in to get your credits.
Now write your prompt in the prompt box. It will generate an outline for your presentation that you can edit and adjust accordingly.
Select the color scheme, font size, etc. from the Configure and Customize panel at the bottom.
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Wait for a few seconds and you’ll get your presentation ready to be downloaded.
You can add animations, themes, templates, and much more to your deck once it’s been generated.
For this example, I have used the following prompt: Create a presentation on the topic ‘How AI is transforming the healthcare industry’
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AI & GAMING
How AI helped craft the new NCAA football game
Source: EA Sports
When gaming giant Electronic Arts set out to create a new NCAA football game after an 11-year hiatus, it knew it had a monumental challenge ahead. One of the biggest tasks was creating realistic, 3-D renderings of the league’s 11,000 players. Team rosters weren’t finalized until late spring, meaning the developers only had about three months to create each player’s digital double.
That’s where AI chipped in: For the past four years, EA has been working on a set of AI tools, including one that can transform still photos into 3-D avatars. It was a perfect match for its NCAA series. “You couldn’t do this with the regular workflows we’ve done in the past,” EA Sports president Cam Weber told the Wall Street Journal.
In instances where the AI-generated doppelgängers weren’t quite accurate, real-life developers tweaked their physical characteristics manually. Next, they fed those changes back into the model, ensuring it’ll produce more accurate player recreations next time around.
How AI is shaping the industry: Creators have been incorporating basic forms of AI into their games for years. Algorithms tell NPCs (non-playable characters) how to react to players’ in-game actions. In the case of a football game, for example, NPCs can be programmed to try to tackle the player or intercept the ball.
But using AI to create video games themselves is a more controversial concept. EA’s CEO recently said he thinks 60% of game development processes could be affected by AI. Some designers think AI will let them automate routine aspects of their job, giving them more time for creativity and experimentation. Others are concerned that AI could replace them altogether, setting up a standoff that could be just as impactful as the strikes that crippled Hollywood last year.
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AI & TECH NEWS
Everything else you need to know today
Source: Cohere
Canadian Unicorn: Toronto-based startup Cohere, which builds AI tools for businesses, raised $500 million in a Series D funding round, putting its valuation at $5.5 billion.
Training Trailblazer: Apple released a new family of open-source models designed to help developers test the quality of their training data. They’re “by far the best performing truly open-source models,” according to one developer.
Regulatory Workaround: Nvidia is developing a new AI chip aimed at Chinese tech companies. It’s the chip giant’s latest attempt to stay competitive in China despite new US export restrictions.
Back In Action: The co-founder of Yandex — Russia’s equivalent to Google — has announced he’s launching a new, 1,300-employee startup called Nebius that aims to become Europe’s compute leader.
😄 One Fun Thing: Swiss watchmaker Omega joins a growing list of companies that are bringing AI tools to the Paris Olympics. Its new model will be able to calculate divers’ speed of entry into the water, tennis players’ serve accuracy, and pole-vaulters’ jump quality — all in real-time.
PRODUCTIVITY
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PROMPT OF THE DAY
Name Generator
Prompt: I want you to act as a smart domain name generator. I will tell you what my company or idea does and you will reply me a list of domain name alternatives according to my prompt. You will only reply the domain list, and nothing else. Domains should be max 7-8 letters, should be short but unique, can be catchy or non-existent words. Do not write explanations. Reply "OK" to confirm.Source: @f on GitHub
AI-GENERATED IMAGES
Neon Blobs
Source: @zuifan. on Midjourney
Midjourney Prompt: neon luminous colorful biomorphic claymation form, vray, bulbous, uhd image, surrealistic grotesque, digitally enhanced，Placed on the white platform of the exhibition hall --ar 3:4
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