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The High Cost of Serving LLMs: How much does serving large language models at scale cost?
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The High Cost of Serving LLMs: How much does serving large language models at scale cost?

Amid the hype that surrounds large language models, a crucial caveat has receded into the background: The current cost of serving them at scale. As chatbots go mainstream, providers must contend with the expense of serving sharply rising numbers of users.

August 10, 20231 min read
The High Cost of Serving LLMs: How much does serving large language models at scale cost?
LaMDA

The High Cost of Serving LLMs: How much does serving large language models at scale cost?

Amid the hype that surrounds large language models, a crucial caveat has receded into the background: The current cost of serving them at scale. As chatbots go mainstream, providers must contend with the expense of serving sharply rising numbers of users.

August 10, 20231 min read
Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.
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Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.

The long-dormant struggle to dominate the web-search business reignited in a display of AI-driven firepower — and hubris. Google and Microsoft announced competing upgrades powered by the latest generation of chatbots. Baidu, too, flexed its natural-language-processing muscles.

February 15, 20233 min read
Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.
LaMDA

Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.

The long-dormant struggle to dominate the web-search business reignited in a display of AI-driven firepower — and hubris. Google and Microsoft announced competing upgrades powered by the latest generation of chatbots. Baidu, too, flexed its natural-language-processing muscles.

February 15, 20233 min read
The Black Box Awakens: Confronting the Fear of Self-Aware AI in 2022
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The Black Box Awakens: Confronting the Fear of Self-Aware AI in 2022

AI researchers are starting to see ghosts in their machines. Are they hallucinations, or does a dawning consciousness haunt the trained weights?

October 26, 20222 min read
The Black Box Awakens: Confronting the Fear of Self-Aware AI in 2022
LaMDA

The Black Box Awakens: Confronting the Fear of Self-Aware AI in 2022

AI researchers are starting to see ghosts in their machines. Are they hallucinations, or does a dawning consciousness haunt the trained weights?

October 26, 20222 min read
The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China
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The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China

The ban impacts Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips, and AMD's MI250.

September 7, 20222 min read
The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China
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The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China

The ban impacts Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips, and AMD's MI250.

September 7, 20222 min read
LaMDA Comes Alive?: Google Engineer Says LaMDA AI is Sentient
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LaMDA Comes Alive?: Google Engineer Says LaMDA AI is Sentient

A chatbot persuaded at least one person that it has feelings. A senior engineer at Google announced his belief that the company’s latest conversational language model is sentient.

June 15, 20222 min read
LaMDA Comes Alive?: Google Engineer Says LaMDA AI is Sentient
LaMDA

LaMDA Comes Alive?: Google Engineer Says LaMDA AI is Sentient

A chatbot persuaded at least one person that it has feelings. A senior engineer at Google announced his belief that the company’s latest conversational language model is sentient.

June 15, 20222 min read

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