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The New $10B ‘Secret’ NSA Cloud Contract Awarded to AWS Is Already in Dispute
A $10 billion ‘secret’ cloud computing contract that was recently won by Amazon Web Services from the U.S. National Security Agency quickly came under fire from Microsoft Corp., which ...Full Article
AI Career Notes: July 2021 Edition
In this monthly feature we bring you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community – promotions, new hires and accolades: Jim Anderson Altair, ...Full Article
The Pentagon Cancels Its Controversial $10B JEDI Cloud RFP to Re-Issue It as a Multi-Cloud Proposal
Almost six months into President Joe Biden's first term as president, the administration and the Pentagon have canceled the controversial $10 billion JEDI cloud modernization contract that was previously ...Full Article
Nvidia Arm Merger Proposal Gets Support from 3 Rival Chip Companies
Since Nvidia proposed to acquire chip IP vendor Arm last September for $40 billion, several major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and rival chipmaker Qualcomm, continue to vocally oppose ...Full Article
Incoming Qualcomm CEO Says He May Have a Better Idea About Nvidia’s Proposed Acquisition of Arm
Nvidia may have announced its blockbuster $40 billion acquisition plans for chip IP vendor Arm back in September 2020, but now the incoming CEO of chip vendor Qualcomm is ...Full Article
Intel Unveils Help for Busy Cloud Service Provider CPUs With Its New Infrastructure Processing Units
To boost the performance of busy CPUs hosted by cloud service providers, Intel Corp. has launched a new line of Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs) that take over some of ...Full Article
OpenAI Launches $100M AI Startup Fund to Propel New Ideas in AI
OpenAI, the research company behind the GPT-3 natural language generator, has unveiled a $100 million AI startup fund that will provide investment money to startups that are driving intriguing ...Full Article
For First Time, Microsoft Integrating GPT-3 Into Its Software
MICROSOFT BUILD 2021 – Eight months after licensing the GPT-3 natural language AI model from OpenAI last September, Microsoft is integrating the language generator into its Microsoft Power Apps ...Full Article
Microsoft Azure Bringing Semantic Search Public Preview to All Users
As Microsoft continues to develop and bolster its growing collection of semantic search tools and features, the company is expanding their reach into new product lines to deliver cutting ...Full Article
With Long-Delayed JEDI Contract Stalled By Legal Fight, DoD May Go Multi-Cloud
The Pentagon is signaling it may embrace a multi-cloud strategy long favored by commercial users seeking to avoid vendor lock-in. With its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract award ...Full Article
