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NVIDIA’s Partners Are Beginning to Tilt Toward Google’s TPU Ecosystem, with Foxconn Reportedly Securing TPU Rack Orders

Foxconn, one of NVIDIA’s largest supply chain partners, has reportedly received orders for AI clusters around Google’s TPUs, marking a significant shift for the Taiwanese manufacturer.

There’s no doubt that the buzz around ASICs, especially after the release of Google’s latest Ironwood TPU platform, has become increasingly mainstream. More importantly, Google’s TPUs are rumored to be on the verge of adoption among several companies, with a notable name being Meta. This is why TPUs are evolving into a platform that is now targeting external adoption. According to a report by the Taiwan Economic Daily, Foxconn has received orders for Google’s TPU compute trays and will also collaborate on Google’s ‘Intrinsic’ robotics plans.

This French company signs with a US data‑centre giant to build the world’s first reactor of its kind

As artificial intelligence devours electricity, a quiet nuclear revolution is taking shape deep below future data centers.

Across Europe, tech firms are staring at an uncomfortable equation: soaring digital demand, power grids near saturation, and climate goals that leave little room for more fossil fuels. A young French company now claims it can rewrite that equation with a compact reactor that hides underground and feeds on nuclear waste.

Underwriting Superintelligence: AIUC’s Insurance, Standards & Audits to Accelerate AI Adoption

Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani, co-founders of the AI Underwriting Company, reveal their innovative strategy for unlocking enterprise AI adoption. They detail how certifying and insuring AI agents, through rigorous technical standards, periodic audits, and insurance, builds crucial \.

Thousands of Amazon employees send open letter to CEO Andy Jassy; say: We’re the workers who develop, train, and use AI, so we have … — The Times of India

Thousands of Amazon employees have signed an open letter issuing some dire warnings about the company’s move toward AI. The letter, signed by more than 1,000 workers (and counting) calls out Amazon for pushing its AI investments at the expense of the climate and its human workforce. The letter’s supporters come from a wide array of roles at the company, including many software engineers, and even employees focused on building AI systems. “We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth,” the letter’s authors wrote. It adds, “We’re the workers who develop, train, and use AI, so we have a responsibility to intervene.”

Over a thousand Amazon employees have penned an open letter, warning that the company’s rapid AI development is jeopardizing its climate commitments and human workforce. They argue the pursuit of AI dominance is leading to increased emissions, water scarcity, and job displacement, urging leadership to prioritize ethical AI and environmental responsibility.

Mini lung organoids made in bulk could help test personalized cancer treatments

A team of scientists have developed a simple method for automated manufacturing of lung organoids which could revolutionize the development of treatments for lung disease. These organoids, miniature structures containing the cells that real lungs do, could be used to test early-stage experimental drugs more effectively, without needing to use animal material.

In the future, patients could even have personalized organoids grown from their own tissue to try out potential treatments in advance.

“The best result for now—quite simply—is that it works,” said Professor Diana Klein of University of Duisburg-Essen, first author of the article in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

Magnetic fields power smarter soft robots with built-in intelligence

Soft robots are prized for their agility and gentle touch, which makes them ideal for traversing delicate or enclosed spaces to perform various tasks, from cultivating baby corals in laboratories to inspecting industrial pipes in chemical plants. However, achieving embodied intelligence in such systems, where sensing, movement and power supply work together in an untethered configuration, remains a challenge.

Flexible materials can deform and adapt, but their power sources are unable to do so. Conventional batteries often stiffen the robot’s body, drain quickly, or degrade under strain, all of which leave soft robots tethered or with a short lifespan.

Assistant Professor Wu Changsheng and his team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, found a way to turn that limitation into an advantage. Their study, published in Science Advances, demonstrates that the same magnetic fields used to control soft robots can also enhance the performance of the batteries inside them.

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