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Ampere and other chipmakers form AI Platform Alliance
More than a half-dozen chipmakers are joining forces to launch the AI Platform Alliance, a consortium focused on supporting the development of artificial intelligence hardware. The move was announced today by Ampere Computing LLC, which is leading the effort. Ampere is a well-funded developer of central processing units. The company’s customers include Google LLC and ...
US places new restrictions on AI chip exports to China
The U.S. Commerce Department today introduced new rules designed to restrict the sale of advanced artificial intelligence chips to buyers in China. The rules expand upon an existing set of chip-focused export controls that were implemented last year. Under the expanded regulation, more types of AI chips are subject to export restrictions. As part of the move, ...
Qualcomm and Google launch RISC-V wearables chip collaboration
Qualcomm Inc. and Google LLC today announced that they’re teaming up to develop RISC-V processors for wearable devices. The initiative comes less than a month after the search giant hosted the latest installment of its Made by Google product event. At the event, the Alphabet Inc. unit debuted two new additions to its Pixel line ...
Flatfile acquires AI startup ChatCSV to enhance its data import platform
Flatfile Inc. has acquired ChatCSV Inc., a startup with a platform that enables users to analyze the data in a spreadsheet with natural language questions. The acquisition was announced this morning. The companies didn’t disclose the financial terms. Denver-based Flatfile is backed by more than $94 million in funding from Alphabet Inc.’s Gradient Ventures fund, ...
LinkedIn lays off 668 workers to simplify its organizational structure
LinkedIn today announced that it will lay off 668 employees across its product development, human resources and finance groups. The job cuts come a few months after LinkedIn parent Microsoft Corp. implemented its second workforce reduction of the year. The first, larger round of layoffs was announced in January and saw the technology giant let go ...
Stack Overflow lets go 28% of its workforce in cost reduction push
Stack Overflow, the company behind the popular coding forum of the same name, is letting go 28% of its workforce in a bid to cut costs. Chief Executive Prashanth Chandrasekar announced the move in a blog post published today. The company, which is incorporated as Stack Exchange Inc., didn’t specify the exact number of affected ...
SEC chair Gary Gensler warns unregulated AI could lead to financial crisis
Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has warned that artificial intelligence software could lead to a financial crisis if it’s not properly regulated. Gensler shared his views during an interview with the Financial Times that was published on Sunday. He said AI could lead to a financial crisis as soon ...
TSMC receives temporary US approval to send advanced chipmaking gear to its China fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has received temporary approval from the U.S. Commerce Department to send advanced chipmaking gear to its fab in China, Bloomberg reported today. According to Tom’s Hardware, the approval is valid for a year and applies to chipmaking gear made by U.S. companies. In a statement, TSMC told the publication that it ...
Microsoft finally closes its $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft Corp. today said it has completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., nearly two years after announcing plans to buy the video game maker for $68.7 billion. The development was not unexpected. Last week, a source told The Verge that Microsoft was seeking to finalize the deal today. Less than a month earlier, the company ...
Mojo Vision raises $21.1M for its micro-LED display technology
Mojo Vision Inc., a startup developing micro-LED display technology for devices such as wearables and TVs, today announced that it has raised $21.1 million in fresh funding. The investment was led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and new investor Vanedge Capital. More than a half-dozen other backers contributed as well. The capital was provided ...