OpenAI cofounder says scaling compute is not enough to advance AI: 'It's back to the age of research again'

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Ilya Sutskever.
Ilya Sutskever recently sat for a deposition as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman.

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  • AI companies have focused on scaling compute with lots of chips or acquiring lots of training data.
  • OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever said there now needs to be a productive way to use all that compute.
  • "So it's back to the age of research again, just with big
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A Marriott executive says the hotel chain is betting big on this market

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"It is an absolutely exploding economy and democracy," John Toomey, Marriott International's chief commercial officer, said of the hospitality giant's bet on India.

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  • John Toomey joined Marriott in 1996 and is the hotel chain's chief commercial officer.
  • Toomey said Marriott is betting big on India, with more than 150 hotels set to open there.
  • He said India's young and increasingly
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HP puts a number on how many jobs it'll cut due to AI

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HP announced that it will be reducing its corporate head count due to AI-driven initiatives.

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  • HP announced that it will be reducing its corporate head count due to AI-driven initiatives.
  • The PC and printer company will cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs by the end of fiscal 2028.
  • The company estimates it will save approximately $1 billion.

HP on Tuesday said it will

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Why Is Everyone in ‘Wicked: For Good’ Obsessed With Clock Ticks?

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Both the musical and its movie adaptation largely leave out a key piece of worldbuilding from Gregory Maguire's novels—making the repeated use of 'Clock Tick' in 'For Good' come off weirder than any other Oz-ism.