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Alex Woodie

Alex Woodie has written about IT as a technology journalist for more than a decade. He brings extensive experience from the IBM midrange marketplace, including topics such as servers, ERP applications, programming, databases, security, high availability, storage, business intelligence, cloud, and mobile enablement. He resides in the San Diego area.

Venture Capital Funding Plummets, But AI Investment Growing Strong

May 4th, 2023 Comments Off

Global funding from venture investors plunged 56% last month compared to April 2022, going from $47.8 billion to about $21 billion this year, according to a Crunchbase analysis released today. However, AI was one of the bright spots for ...

AI Threat ‘Like Nuclear Weapons,’ Hinton Says

May 4th, 2023 Comments Off

The rise of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humans and is on par with the use of nuclear weapons, according to more than a third of AI researchers polled in a recent Stanford study as well as ...

Open Letter Urges Pause on AI Research

March 29th, 2023 Comments Off

The Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter calling for a six-month pause on some forms of AI research. Citing “profound risks to society and humanity,” the group is asking AI labs to pause research on AI ...

Nvidia Tees Up New Platforms for Generative Inference Workloads like ChatGPT

March 21st, 2023 Comments Off

Today at its GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia discussed four new platforms designed to accelerate AI applications. Three are targeted at inference workloads for generative AI applications, including generating text, images, and videos, and another is aimed boosting recommendation models, ...

Google Officially Releases Bard, Its ChatGPT Competitor

March 21st, 2023 Comments Off

Google today announced that it’s officially releasing Bard, the new generative language model that it unveiled several weeks ago. While it’s still a research product, Google is eager to get Bard into the hands of testers. Bard is a ...

Prompt Engineer: The Next Hot Job in AI

February 15th, 2023 Comments Off

Technology professionals who want to catch the hottest wave in AI at the moment may consider becoming prompt engineers, which appears to be one of the most in-demand professions for 2023. And developers who want to get the most ...

Americans Don’t Trust AI and Want It Regulated: Poll

February 14th, 2023 Comments Off

American companies are adopting AI technology at a rapid clip, but a majority of U.S. citizens don’t trust it and want to see its use regulated by the government, according to a new Harris Poll survey released last week. ...

You Can Now Get Priority Access to ChatGPT for $20 a Month

February 2nd, 2023 Comments Off

Since it was released in late November, ChatGPT has become the latest internet sensation, generating well-written articles, songs, and term papers. More than 100 million people have flocked to try out the free service, which has strained resources powering ...

NIST Puts AI Risk Management on the Map with New Framework

January 27th, 2023 Comments Off

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the AI Risk Management Framework, document intended to help organizations voluntarily develop and deploy AI systems without bias and other negative outcomes. The document has a very good shot ...

Hallucinations, Plagiarism, and ChatGPT

January 18th, 2023 Comments Off

ChatGPT was introduced just seven weeks ago, but the AI has already garnered a lifetime’s worth of hype. It’s anybody’s guess whether this particular technology opens the AI kimono for good or is just a blip before the next ...