It’s no big secret that generative AI is resource-intensive. In fact, making a query with AI can cost “at least four or five times more computing per search” compared to traditional searches, according to Martin Bouchard, co-founder of Canada-based data center company QScale, who shared the calculation in a February article at Wired. That extra … Read moreHow much water AI is going to drink
Gen Z surveys and new studies on emerging behaviors almost always ignite one of two questions for me within the first paragraphs: (1) Are these behaviors or preferences really different from Millennials and Boomers at similar ages? (2) What’s in here that’s really unique for this generation and not just an insight about teens and … Read moreIs Gen Z really bringing an end to mainstream pop culture?
Artificial intelligence may be able to synthesize and generate works of art, but it still can’t receive copyrights in the U.S. following a decision by District Judge Beryl A. Howell on Friday. Howell found that “human authorship is an essential part of a valid copyright claim,” meaning that computer scientist Stephen Thaler remains unable to … Read moreWhy AI still can’t copyright its art
Back in 2020 (which feels like it was about a decade ago in COVID-19-era years), companies that never would have toyed with remote work previously decided to wade in — or even dive in — to minimize risk and potentially cut some expenses. At the time, I wrote on Medium that making employees feel safe … Read moreWhat we know 3 years into the great remote work experiment
The orange sky over the San Francisco Bay Area September 9 was something that no one who saw it will soon forget. It was a day where it never truly felt as if the sun had come up. Everything just kind of glowed in an alien form of twilight. So why the glow from Mountain … Read moreHow San Francisco’s sky turned orange