Tag: news
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Google’s AI Buildout Drove 37% Increase in Electricity Use — The Hidden Cost of AI
TL;DR: Google’s total electricity consumption rose by 37 percent in the past year, driven almost entirely by its aggressive AI infrastructure buildout. The company’s latest environmental report reveals that data centre energy use — fuelled by training and serving large language models — now accounts for the majority of its operational carbon footprint. While Google…
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Robbyant Releases LingBot-VLA 2.0: An Open-Source 6B Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Model for Cross-Embodiment Robot Manipulation – MarkTechPost
Robots Just Got a Universal Brain – And It’s Open Source. Could Your Business Use One? You’ve probably seen the headlines: AI is getting smarter, faster, and now it’s learning to control physical bodies. This week, a story broke that could matter a lot for small businesses in Malaysia. Robbyant, part of Ant Group, released…
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Venice AI Becomes Unicorn With $65M Series A — Privacy-First AI Is the Next Big Thing
TL;DR: Venice AI raised a $65 million Series A at a valuation above $1 billion, making it the latest privacy-first AI unicorn to emerge from a crowded market. Unlike OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, Venice AI positions itself as a privacy-respecting inference layer — it does not log prompts, does not train on user data, and…
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Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool | TechCrunch
Why This Google AI Video Tool Matters for Malaysian SMEs What if you could turn a plain product clip into a polished video with a few taps? Google just announced an AI Video Remix tool that does exactly that – and it’s rolling out in countries like India and Indonesia (Source: TechCrunch). For Malaysian SMEs,…
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OpenAI Releases GPT-Live and GPT-Live-1 mini: Full-Duplex Voice Models That Delegate Deeper Reasoning to GPT-5.5 – MarkTechPost
Why Your Business Needs to Know About GPT‑Live Imagine a customer calls your shop with a question about your services. The current voice systems often force them to say “Hello” then wait for a beep, speak in fragmented sentences, or get interrupted by awkward silences. Worse, when a deeper question comes up (like “Can your…
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Solo GP Ashley Smith announces second $25M fund to back startups in AI, security and more | TechCrunch
Why a Solo Investor’s $25 Million Bet on AI and Security Should Catch Your Attention You might think venture capital moves are reserved for Silicon Valley giants. But when investor Ashley Smith closed a $25 million fund for AI infrastructure, security, and dev tools, it signals something you can’t ignore. For Malaysian SME owners, this…
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OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations | TechCrunch
Why This Voice AI Update Should Make You Take Notice You’re running a small business. Customer calls come in all day. Staff get tied up. Clients complain about being put on hold or repeating themselves. Now imagine a voice system that handles interruptions, stays silent when needed, and speaks naturally enough that customers don’t realise…
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Google’s AI Buildout Drove a 37% Surge in Electricity Use — The Hidden Environmental Cost of AI
TL;DR: Google’s 2025 electricity consumption jumped 37% — its largest annual increase ever — driven entirely by AI data center expansion. Data centers consumed 42 million MWh, rivaling the entire electricity demand of New Zealand. While Google cut operational emissions 2% via clean energy purchases, supply chain emissions rose 25%. The AI boom has an…