TNB Tech Minute: Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip
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What new AI chip did Alibaba unveil and why does it matter?
This episode is sponsored by NYU Langone Health. I think the data serves as really the nervous system for the health system. It allows us to see how we're doing, it allows us to see variation, it allows us to learn across the health system and then to figure out what interventions we should do.
This is Dr. Il Sung Cho, Chief Quality Officer for NYU Langone Health. At the break, hear more from him about how the health system is harnessing emerging tech to improve patient safety and outcomes.
Mm-hmm. Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Tuesday, September twenty second.
How does the Genwu V900 chip’s performance compare to Alibaba’s previous AI chips?
I'm Anthony Bancy for the Wall Street Journal. Alibaba has unveiled its most powerful AI chip yet, the Genwu V900. The company's CEO said the chip's performance is three times better than the chip the company released just four months ago. Alibaba says it's committed to spending more than $53 billion over three years to add AI capabilities to its core e commerce business. The Genwu V900 is scheduled for mass production and commercial release. release in the first quarter of twenty twenty seven. British Columbia is suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, for alleged safety violations in the Tumblr Ridge mass school shooting that killed eight people and injured more than 25, devastating a rural town in the province.
Why is British Columbia suing OpenAI and Sam Altman over the Tumbler Ridge school shooting?
The suit claims that OpenAI designed an unsafe product and accuses the company of negligence for failing to inform police of the shooting suspect's Chat GBT activity. An OpenAI spokesman said the company remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials and advancing OpenAI's safety work. Newscorp, the owner of the Wall Street Journal, has a content licensing partnership with OpenAI. And Andreessen Horowitz is funding an alternative to college. The venture capital firm is investing $35 million in an unaccredited San Francisco-based two-year alternative to traditional college for students aged 16 to 22. The school, named the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, will operate as an independent business and be led by Goggin Biony, the co-founder of the education tech platform, Utomi.
Applications to the Academy will open this week for the founding class, who will begin a tuition-free one-year program in the fall of 2027.
What is Andreessen Horowitz’s $35 million plan for an alternative to traditional college?
In 2028, pending regulatory approval, the full two-year offering will begin with tuition in line with elite private universities. That's your TNB Tech Minute. Join us again this afternoon for more.
NYU Langone Health focuses not just on recognizing technical advancements, but also on applying them thoughtfully. Dr. Il Sung Cho shares how the hospital system deploys innovation while keeping the human at the heart of each use case.
I'm excited for how technology can continue to help us improve care. Ultimately, the fundamental question is still: does it help mom, dad, my best friend who's in the hospital that I think with any technological revolution in healthcare, there's always been a concern of what it may displace.
How is NYU Langone Health using emerging technology to improve patient safety and outcomes?
And I think if you take a step back, it is recognizing what that tool is good at and letting the tool Take care of the things that it's good at. But that then frees up a doctor or a nurse to do the things that humans are good at.
To learn more about healthcare innovation at NYU Langone Health, please visit nyulangone.org.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What new AI chip did Alibaba unveil and why does it matter?
0:00–0:35
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How does the Genwu V900 chip’s performance compare to Alibaba’s previous AI chips?
0:35–1:19
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Why is British Columbia suing OpenAI and Sam Altman over the Tumbler Ridge school shooting?
1:19–2:17
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What is Andreessen Horowitz’s $35 million plan for an alternative to traditional college?
2:17–3:02
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How is NYU Langone Health using emerging technology to improve patient safety and outcomes?
3:02–3:23
Speakers
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