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What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

14 February 2025 at 04:00
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots.

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Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at ETH Zurich and a current member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., investigates β€œoptimal transport,” the study of starting points, end points and the paths between.

OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of the Company

Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was β€œnot for sale.” Mr. Musk is separately raising money for his A.I. start-up, xAI.

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Bret Taylor, the chairman of the OpenAI board.

What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

14 February 2025 at 04:00
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots.

Β© Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times

Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at ETH Zurich and a current member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., investigates β€œoptimal transport,” the study of starting points, end points and the paths between.

How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?

12 February 2025 at 04:02
The Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called β€œmixture of experts,” to significantly reduce the cost of building the technology.

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DeepSeek used several technological tricks to significantly reduce the cost of building its system.

A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

14 January 2025 at 05:00
Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyanβ€”the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chiefβ€”controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. America’s AI giants are scrambling for a piece of it.

The Great American Microchip Mobilization

14 November 2024 at 05:00
Under Donald Trump and Joe Biden alike, the US has been determined to β€œreshore” chipmaking. Now money and colossal infrastructure are flowing to a vast Intel site in Ohioβ€”just as the company may be falling apart.

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