Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high
Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees, attributing the job obsolescence to efficiency gains from AI, despite record revenue.
Read on TechCrunch →Nvidia is investing up to $2.1 billion in data centre operator IREN to deploy 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure, addressing the high demand for computing power.
Why it matters
This significant investment highlights the massive demand for AI computing power and Nvidia's crucial role in supplying the necessary infrastructure. By partnering with data centre operators like IREN, Nvidia is directly addressing the bottleneck in AI development and deployment, enabling the scaling of AI factories and accelerating the pace of AI innovation globally.
Nvidia is giving a lot of money to a company that builds computer data centers. This is because building and running AI needs a huge amount of computer power, and this deal will help make more of that power available faster.
Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees, attributing the job obsolescence to efficiency gains from AI, despite record revenue.
Read on TechCrunch →Sony and Nintendo are facing increased costs for memory chips due to the AI boom, leading to potential price hikes for their gaming consoles.
Read on Economic Times Tech →Airbnb is leveraging AI extensively, with AI now generating 60% of its new code and its customer support AI handling 40% of issues without human intervention.
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