Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica

Alexandru Voica

An AI-generated podcast that is a readout of Computerspeak.co, a newsletter about AI and emerging technologies

  1. 01/24/2025

    Doing the math on the Stargate Project

    During a press conference held on Tuesday at the White House, Donald Trump, together with Larry Ellison from Oracle, Masayoshi Son from SoftBank and Sam Altman from OpenAI, announced the Stargate Project, a new company set to invest $500 billion over the next four years to build AI infrastructure in the United States. So what exactly does that get you in terms of real-world infrastructure? We do the math in this week’s Computerspeak: https://www.computerspeak.co/p/the-math-on-stargate-project Also in the news this week: [*] Business Insider: Trump announces an AI infrastructure investment of up to $500 billion involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank [*] Bloomberg: Stargate’s First Data Center Site is Size of Central Park, With At Least 57 Jobs [*] Fortune: OpenAI’s Stargate may be tech’s biggest gamble ever, but here’s what’s really at stake [*] WSJ: How Oracle Plays Cheaply in AI [*] Sifted: ‘This must be a wake-up call for Europe’: Tech leaders urge EU to match Trump’s $500bn AI investment plan [*] The Information: Behind the OpenAI-Oracle Pact, an Elon Musk Threat Loomed [*] Bloomberg: AI’s $100 Billion Stargate Venture Touted by Trump Will Tap Solar Power [*] Sifted: Winning in AI will require millions more GPUs. Can Europe get there? [*] TechCrunch: Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’ [*] The Information: Startups’ AI Revenue Is Booming. Some Investors Doubt It Will Last [*] Wired: Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives [*] Fortune: ‘A sense of panic’: Immigrant AI talent worry Trump could make an already broken visa system worse [*] FT: Huawei seeks to grab market share in AI chips from Nvidia in China [*] MIT Technology Review: The second wave of AI coding is here [*] TechCrunch: Here are the types of AI companies enterprise VCs want to back in 2025 [*] Washington Post: Amazon AI deal leaves ‘zombie’ start-up in its wake, whistleblower says [*] Science News: Want your own AI double? There could be big benefits — and risks

    17 min
  2. 01/10/2025

    GET is a new model for understanding human biology

    An ambitious new AI model called GET (General Expression Transformer) promises to rewrite the rulebook for transcriptional regulation, a cornerstone of biological processes. Unveiled by researchers from MBZUAI, Columbia University and Carnegie Mellon, GET is not just another computational biology tool—it’s a leap forward in the form of a foundational model designed to predict gene expression across 213 human cell types. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/p/get-is-a-new-model-for-understanding-biology  Also in the news this week:  [*] The Atlantic: A Virtual Cell Is a ‘Holy Grail’ of Science. It’s Getting Closer. [*] Time: How China Is Advancing in AI Despite U.S. Chip Restrictions [*] Wired: AI Social Media Users Are Not Always a Totally Dumb Idea [*] Reuters: AI startups drive VC funding resurgence, capturing record US investment in 2024 [*] FT: Healthcare turns to AI for medical note-taking ‘scribes’ [*] WSJ: How Are Companies Using AI Agents? Here’s a Look at Five Early Users of the Bots [*] CNBC: How AI regulation could shake out in 2025 [*] Bloomberg: Sam Altman on ChatGPT’s First Two Years, Elon Musk and AI Under Trump [*] TechCrunch: Google is forming a new team to build AI that can simulate the physical world [*] MIT Technology Review: AI means the end of internet search as we’ve known it [*] Business Insider: A VC firm created an AI agent-powered 'investment memo generator.' It's the latest example of how AI is coming for venture firms.

    11 min

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An AI-generated podcast that is a readout of Computerspeak.co, a newsletter about AI and emerging technologies