Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a geopolitical tech battle.

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Scientists from the United States, China and other nations called for an international authority to oversee artificial intelligence.

Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a geopolitical tech battle.

Residents rarely learn how data centers and their noise and energy and water use may affect their lives until it’s too late.

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Residents rarely learn how data centers and their noise and energy and water use may affect their lives until it’s too late.

One of the hazards of buying individual stocks is that their current price may have little to do with their fundamental value, our columnist says.

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It is not prepared for the fact that artificial-intelligence-powered autonomous weapons systems are changing the fundamental nature of war.

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The latest announcement from Apple’s China rival came just hours after the unveiling of iPhone 16.

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Nvidia chips, which are crucial to artificial intelligence, are traded actively in China, despite U.S. restrictions, The Times found.

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Expectations for the chipmaker have been through the roof because of its dominance in a key component for artificial intelligence systems.

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The Biden administration must navigate the interests of U.S. companies and allied governments as it tries to close off China’s access to advanced chips

The Times found an active trade in Nvidia chips in China despite U.S. national security restrictions, as well as unreported incidents of how the technology had been used to further defense research.

The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back.

最近几个月 Ai 绘画这个话题很火，但基本上大家都只是看个热闹，跟普通人的生活没多大关系。或者说，大家感觉不到它和自己有什么关系。只有相关从业者，感受到了巨大的生存压力和身份危机。

但和当年支付大战的春晚红包类似，能让普通人都参与进来、玩起来的场景可能才能让大家感受到：Ai 绘画意味着什么，能做什么。

尽管众多以文生图的 Ai 工具已经大幅度降低了创作门槛，但是在那之前，各种咒术、法门终究是拦住不少普通人接触 Ai 绘画的一块巨石。我自己也曾在用过某些 Ai 工具后，在一条展示初次接触的创作成果的视频里提醒大家，不要忽视它，但也不要过分害怕它。它一定会给我们的生活带来巨大的变化，只是目前还没积累到那一刻，仅此而已。

如果说有什么场景，类似发红包那样简单明了，人人都可以参与，我觉得有一个非常合适的应用场景，那就是用 Ai 生成定制头像。对于不具备绘画能力、不懂念咒语、不会使用绘图软件的大多数人而言，Ai 画头像就是各类修图美容软件一级的场景，既有尝新和娱乐，也有充分的社交属性，和红包非常相似。

最近试用了一下漫镜，一个感觉是，神情抓得不错，风格也足够多，用它来探索自己不同造型的可能性，还是挺有启发的！因此中途我想到一件事，如果这类产品的效率再高一些，跟各大连锁发型屋合作，预约时就上传几张照片，生成几套发型方案，人到了现场就让托尼老师根据效果图来剪，这不是非常好的体验升级么？谁说 Ai 必然逼得人失业呢？还得是看人怎么用。

除了头像，你觉得还有哪些场景，适合普通人体验 Ai 绘画呢？

Space, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence: The tech mogul could influence policy in these areas and others should Donald Trump win re-election.

A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI’s systems.

The Treasury Department unveiled rules to curb financing of Chinese semiconductors, quantum computers and artificial intelligence systems.