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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

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Helion Photo) Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. All have raised significant sums from notable venture capitalists. .”

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Microsoft makes tiny dent in annual carbon footprint but says ‘it’s not happening fast enough’

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Microsoft’s One Esterra is a green building where sustainability efforts in the kitchen are a pilot project for the company’s massive new East Campus. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) After its carbon footprint grew a shoe size or two in 2021, Microsoft notched a small decline in its carbon emissions last year.

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Interview: Microsoft President Brad Smith supports plan for AI ‘safety brakes’ in U.S. Senate hearing

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Microsoft President Brad Smith testifies Tuesday before the U.S. Brad Smith, the Microsoft president and vice chair, drew that comparison Tuesday in his testimony before the U.S. Smith: As a company, Microsoft is very supportive of the framework that Senators Blumenthal and Hawley have put together.

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Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

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Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa (left) and President Brad Smith. Microsoft Photo). Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water conservation, waste reduction and ecosystem protection. The answer?

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If your AI model is going to sell, it has to be safe

Vox

In response, Microsoft limited the number of messages one could exchange, and Bing/Sydney no longer answers questions about itself. It’s notable that even as it was heralding its new AI models, Microsoft recently laid off its AI ethics and society team. What does this look like specifically?

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As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder

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that will be housed in a facility under construction in Everett, Wash. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures has invested in Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has backed General Fusion; and TAE found support from the late Paul Allen , who co-founded Microsoft with Gates.

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ChatGPT, the rise of generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

ChatGPT was trained with 175 billion parameters; for comparison, GPT-2 was 1.5B (2019), Google’s LaMBDA was 137B (2021), and Google’s BERT was 0.3B (2018). Some examples are originating from Microsoft , Amazon Web Service , Google , IBM , and more, plus from partnerships among players.