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‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’ | TechCrunch

James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology — especially the “Avatar” films, with their heroic blue Na’vi characters brought to life through performance capture.

发布时间:2025-11-29来源:TechCrunch
New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role | TechCrunch

David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, as well as his friends, according to a new report The New York Times

发布时间:2025-11-29来源:TechCrunch
Nvidia’s $2B Synopsys bet tightens its grip on the chip-design stack | TechCrunch

Nvidia is investing $2 billion into Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips. The deal deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts have started to

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Amazon's AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday | TechCrunch

Amazon’s AI chatbot, Rufus, saw a surge of adoption on Black Friday, according to new data published over the weekend by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. In the U.S., Amazon sessions that result

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation | TechCrunch

German AI lab Black Forest Labs said on Monday that it has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $3.25 billion. The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anj

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
郑州超算互联网核心节点启用 最大规模科学智能计算集群助力AI科研新飞跃

我国人工智能驱动科学研究领域迎来重大进展——位于郑州的国家超算互联网核心节点日前建成全国最大规模科学智能计算集群。这一里程碑式成果标志着我国在高端算力基础设施建设方面取得关键突破,为抢占全球人工智能产业应用高地注入强劲动能。当前全球正经历第五代科研范式变革,人工智能驱动的科学研究(AI for Science)已成为国际科技竞争的核心赛道。该核心节点自今年2月5日启动试运行以来,已构建起覆盖全国的

发布时间:2026-04-14来源:快讯编辑
Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035 | TechCrunch

Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade, according to a new rep

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal | TechCrunch

OpenAI is taking an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings, whose parent company is one of the AI giant’s major investors, Thrive Capital. Thrive Holdings operates like a private equity firm for AI, rolli

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Nvidia announces new open AI models and tools for autonomous driving research | TechCrunch

Nvidia announced new infrastructure and AI models on Monday as it works to build the backbone technology for physical AI, including robots and autonomous vehicles that can perceive and interact with t

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom | TechCrunch

The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power it all. According to The Wall Street Journal, workers moving into data-center construction

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down | TechCrunch

In a carefully worded announcement on Monday, Apple said John Giannandrea, who has been the company’s AI chief since 2018, is “stepping down” to, well, not work at Apple anymore. He’ll stick around th

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
NVIDIA:AI设计芯片一夜搞定!原本要8个人干10个月

4月14日消息,NVIDIA不但打造了强大的AI GPU,在全世界带动了新一轮的AI浪潮,自己内部也在大规模部署AI,包括GPU芯片设计流程。NVIDIA首席科学家Bill Dally在与谷歌首席科学家Jeff Dean对话时提到,NVIDIA已经在芯片设计阶段大量应用AI,包括设计探索、标准单元库开发、Bug处理、验证等不同阶段。不过他强调,使用AI进行完全端到端的自动化芯片设计,依然为时尚早,

发布时间:2026-04-14来源:快科技编辑
One of Google's biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you | TechCrunch

A Google Search exec said that one of the company’s biggest opportunities in AI lies in its ability to get to know the user better and personalize its responses. The promise is AI that’s uniquely help

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed | TechCrunch

Gradium, a startup spun out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday with a $70 million seed round from a who’s who of investors.

发布时间:2025-12-01来源:TechCrunch
What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out | TechCrunch

The Trump administration has agreed to inject up to $150 million into xLight, a semiconductor startup developing advanced chip-making technology, marking the third time the U.S. government has taken a

发布时间:2025-11-30来源:TechCrunch