Wamkelekile, Mpelaveki! Kule ncwadi yeendaba:• Ufundo Olukhulu: Inkwenkwezi ekhulayo kwiMicrosoft inomsebenzi omtsha ocela umngeni• ITekhnoloji yoKhuselo: Ubhejo olukhulu luka-Anduril? Umzi-mveliso wezixhobo wase-Ohio • INkcubeko yobuGcisa: Ukutyeba ngenkxaso-mali, ukuqaliswa kwe-AI kuzinkcinkca kumatheko abucala “Indawo Entsonkothileyo” nethi “Kulapho Ihlala Khona Inyoka”; kunye ne "Train Dreams"Okwangoku, ndingachaza umahluko kwintshiseko ye-AI phakathi kweSilicon Valley kunye nezinye iindawo zehlabathi njenge-chasmic. Ukujonga isiphithiphithi seNvidia's shindig eSan Jose kule veki iphelileyo, ungacinga ukuba siphila kwihlabathi apho wonke umntu evumayo ukuba umhlaba wesithembiso se-AI wenzeke ngokupheleleyo kwakudala. Ibiyiyo, inkomfa yonyaka yomphuhlisi wenkampani, i-GTC, efaniswe ne-Super Bowl yoshishino. Umzekeliso ufanelekile: Kwizikhumbuzo, inkampani ithengise iijezi eziluhlaza eziphothiweyo ezinomfanekiso omnandi we-CEO uJensen Huang, ofumene iwonga leenkwenkwezi zepop kangangokuba abazimasayo bamise iiyure ngaphambi kwedilesi yakhe ukuqinisekisa ukuba bayambona ethetha. Kuloo mazwi, wayebonakala echaza ukuchuma okupheleleyo, kunye noNvidia, ngoku inkampani ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, elindele ukwenza i-$ 1 yezigidigidi kwiintengiso ngokusebenzisa i-2027. Kwaye kunjalo: Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambili eLos Angeles, umdlali weqonga odumileyo wadibana nomsunguli we-OpenAI u-Sam Altman kwi-boozy Oscar party kwaye wamfanisa ngokuvakalayo noJoseph Gobbegaels. Kamva, umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga, uJeremy O. Harris, wavuma ukuba umzekeliso wakhe awufanelekanga njengoko ebeya kuthanda, yaye wavakalisa ukuzisola ngokungachananga kwawo. “Kwakuhlwile, kwaye bendinama-martinis amaninzi, ndiye ndaphosisa xa ndisithi uGoebbels,” uxelele iPhepha leSithandathu. “Ngenditshilo uFriedrich Flick,” usomashishini waseJamani owayencedisa iReich. I-Oscars yayigcwele i-AI angst, umamkeli wethoni uConan O'Brien obekwe kwimizuzu embalwa yokuqala. “Ndiwongekile ukuba ngumamkeli wokugqibela weAcademy Awards,” utshilo u-O’Brien xa ezazisa. "Kunyaka ozayo, izakuba yiWaymo kwi-tux." Iimvakalelo zidlulela ngaphaya kweHollywood. NgoLwesine, uHachette, umpapashi omkhulu wencwadi, wasusa inoveli eyoyikisayo yabasetyhini, “Intombazana Eneentloni,” eAmazon nakwiivenkile zaseBritane-kwaye wakurhoxisa ukukhululwa kwayo okuzayo kwase-US-ngokurhanelwa ukuba ibhalwe ngokuyinxenye nge-AI. Cinga ngale nto: UHachette ulumkele ukuvuselela iimvakalelo ezinzima kwi-AI kangangokuba wavele wambaxa “intombazana enentloni” ngaphandle kokutsho ukuba ufumene ubungqina bokuba umbhali usebenzise i-AI. Kwanabantwana bejezi epholileyo eNvidia ngamanye amaxesha bakhaba iimvakalelo ezichasene ne-AI. Kwi-GTC, uNvidia watyhila inguqulelo ehlaziyiweyo ye-Deep Learning Super Sampling, isixhobo se-AI sokunikezela ngemizobo yomdlalo wevidiyo. Bendingabheja uNvidia ebengalindelanga ukuba iSampuli eNzululwazi eNzululwazi ibe yindawo yokuthetha enkulu kunoqikelelo lwentengiso yeetriliyoni zeedola, kodwa abalandeli bevidiyo yomdlalo wevidiyo basabela ngokoyikeka kumboniso: Kwakungathi baza kujongana nebhloko yokwenyani yeRaccoon City. Bayigxeka indlela isixhobo esibonakala ngathi senza wonke umdlalo ubonakale ngathi wenziwa ngesihluzo esifanayo esikruqulayo se-Instagram. Ukuphendula, u-Huang uzame ukuthomalalisa inkxalabo, exelela abadlali ngokulula ukuba "babengalunganga ngokupheleleyo." Ndizisa yonke le mizekelo kuba andiqinisekanga ukuba iSilicon Valley inika ingqalelo ngokwaneleyo kwindlela abantu abaninzi abaziva ngayo nge-AI. Ngokubanzi, ndifumana abona bantu bakrelekrele kwitekhnoloji bathanda ukuqaqadeka ngokuqaqadeka kubomi ngaphandle kwamagumbi abo e-hyperbaric: Babambelela kwizinto kwaye abaziyeki. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iiPlatifomu zeMeta azinakukwazi ukuzicima izibane kwindawo yazo engalunganga, iHorizon Worlds, indawo enobomi obuninzi njengendawo enzulu yangaphandle. Kwaye kwakuyientsuku nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo apho amadoda amabini asemva kwe-69.3 yezigidi zeedola zokuthengwa kwe-Beeple "Everydays" ukusuka ngo-2021 ekugqibeleni bavuma ukuba bayeke ukuphikisana ngokuba ngubani ophethe i-NFT-iminyaka emva kokuba nabani na ethethe ngokulandelelana oonobumba u-N, F kunye no-T ngokuvakalayo. I-Silicon Valley ayiqapheli ngokupheleleyo ukuba bambalwa kangakanani abathengi bemihla ngemihla ababelana ngokuzondelela i-AI, kwaye ngenxa yoko, ukuqala kuka-2026 kuchazwe ngokutyhala okuphambanayo ukukhupha i-AI etsala amashishini. Owona mzekelo uphambili yi-OpenAI, ebeke ugxininiso olukhulu kwisixhobo sayo sekhowudi yeCodex kwaye yaqesha umdali we-OpenClaw. Iinkampani zithengiswa ngokulula: Inkampani inokujonga i-AI ngokwemiqathango yobungakanani obungqongqo. Ukuba iteknoloji inokunciphisa iindleko nge-10%, kutheni ungayisebenzisi? Okanye ubuncinci, kutheni ungayiniki azama? On a personal level, many AI programs today already offer a noticeable way to make yourself more productive: I’m not here saying AI is a crock. Kodwa abantu-kakuhle, kwakhona, abantu abaninzi-abonwabisi ukubakho kwimeko engqongqo yokulinganisa. Pursuits and pastimes—joy—are underpinned by qualitative thought, and those considerations make people less likely to want to involve AI just to get something at a tenth of the cost or five times faster. Put another way, I see an indefinite struggle ahead for Silicon Valley to get people to pay for consumer AI at the scale required to make it worthwhile to develop it. It will take a lot of time to convince people to use it, and such adoption will occur more slowly than the tech industry expects—and it won’t happen all at once, en masse. The smartest venture money in 2026 will show at least a little caution about plunging into more consumer AI, and I can faintly detect that the thought has occurred to some investors. This is a true iPhone moment for the AI era, where a new, must-have product that fundamentally changes how we interact with the technology would alter my thinking; Ndikufumanisa kunzima kakhulu ukuba nomfanekiso we-chatbot ebotshelelwe kwi-desktop njengencekukazi ye-utopia.Oh, enye into enokuthi ngokuqinisekileyo ibonise ukuba i-Silicon Valley iqikelele indlela yokunciphisa loo msantsa kwintshiseko kwaye yenza i-AI ibe nomtsalane ngakumbi: okomzuzwana umntu ebiza igama elingcono le-AI.Yiyiphi enye into evela kule veki...Udiniwe: Amabali emagazini aneentambo malunga ne-elite. Ngocingo: Amabali emagazini eneentambo malunga neteknoloji, batsho abaphezulu beendaba.Ukugcina intetho ka-Oscar kwi-intanethi iphila ixesha elide: Inqanaba leVulture loyena mntu uphumeleleyo uMfanekiso oBalaseleyo. (“I-Nomadland” ingaphambi kuka-“Ben-Hur,” “Titanic” kwaye “Akukho Lizwe laMadoda Akhulileyo”—Ndiyaxolisa, ngaba kukho umntu oye wadutyulwa engqondweni? KwiWall Street, iTheminali ihlala iyinto efana nesakramente. Paul Graham, a man who appreciates a fine Patek, on watches: “Obsolete technologies don’t usually get adopted as ways to display wealth. Why did it happen with mechanical watches? Because the wristwatch turns out to be the perfect vehicle for it. Where better than right on your wrist, where everyone can see it? And more to the point, what better to do it with? You could wear a diamond ring or a gold chain, but those would have seemed socially iyathandabuzeka kubanini mali bebhanki. Emva kokuba umnxibelelanisi weThe Times of Israel enikele ingxelo ngoqhankqalazo lwemijukujelwa yaseIran, abangcakazi basePolymarket baqalisa iphulo lokuzama ukubulala le ntatheli, bezama ukumeyisela ukuba alitshintshe ibali lakhe. In writing about his own Tesla crash, Raffi Krikorian, who formerly led Uber’s self-driving cars, neatly underlines the dilemma of automated AI. “Sicela abantu ukuba babeke iliso kwiinkqubo ezenzelwe ukwenza ukuba ulongamelo luzive lungenamsebenzi,” ubhala esitsho. "Umatshini osilela rhoqo ugcina ubukhali. Umatshini osebenza ngokugqibeleleyo awufuni ukubeka iliso. Kodwa umatshini osebenza phantse ngokugqibeleleyo? Kulapho ingozi ilele khona. "Iinjini ezininzi zokukhangela ezintsha zivumela abantu ukuba balayishe ifoto yomntu kwaye bafumane abaphembeleli baFans Kuphela abafana naloo mntu. Kwaye iya ikhula ngakumbi: Abadali bathengisa iisayithi zabo njengamandla afanelekileyo kwihlabathi-njengendlela yokutyhafisa abantu ekwenzeni iphonografi enzulu.Ngazo zonke ezo tweets ze-pro-Trump, i-SBF iya kufumana unyango lukaTrevor Milton ngokupheleleyo, akunjalo? Njengoko umseki we-Blank Street Coffee efumanise, i-venture capital kunye ne-multishot espressos zinento efanayo: Okuninzi akusoloko kubhetele.-Abram Brown (abe@theinformation.com) Amabali akutshanje eWeekendThe Big ReadA Rising Star at Microsoft Promises a Revived Xbox-kwaye Akukho ‘Soulless AI Slop’ CEO uSatyapie u-Ashallama unike u-Ashapila u-Ashallen kwishishini lesandla iphazamisekile ngonaphakade iMicrosoft.Tech Defense Inside Anduril's Big Gamble: An Ohio Weapons Factory Itechnology startup ithembise abatyali-mali bayo ukuba inokukhula ibe kuqingqo-maxabiso olukhulu, ibeke ithemba layo kwiziko lemveliso esandula ukuvuselela.Tech CultureCompute Costs? Hayi, iCaviar kunye neeCocktails: KwiNdawo yeBay, i-AI Splurges kumaQela aBucala I-boom inike unyuso olufuneka kakhulu kwiindawo zokutyela zasekhaya-kwaye yanceda.baphembelela ixesha lokuhamba.Ukuphulaphula: “Igazi Liyakuxela” Kudidi lwabasebenzi lwaseSan Jose, abantakwethu u-Anh no-Duc Tong bakhule badibana nenyonga, abantwana babazali base-Vietnamese bayasokola ukuziqhelanisa neMelika. Kwehla intlekele xa babekunye kwitheko ngo-2014 elaphela kwingxabano eshushu kwaza kwabhubha enye indoda. Ekuqaleni, amapolisa atyhola uDuc ngokubulala kunye noAnh njengesixhobo. Kwiintsuku kamva, abasemagunyeni bahlehla, bamangalela uAnh ngokubulala kunye noDuc njengeqabane lakhe: IiTongs ngamawele afanayo, kwaye babezimase itheko benxibe iimpahla eziphantse zafana. Loo mibuzo yahlabayo yakhathaza abaphandi yaza yafaka ubomi babazalwana kwisiphithiphithi. Bobabini bathetha ixesha elide malunga namava kunye nentatheli uJen A. Miller, ophethe i-"Blood Will Tell," imveliso ye-Audible kunye ne-Wondery, istudiyo esikwaziyo emva kweengoma ezidlulileyo ezifana ne "Dr. Death" kunye ne "The Shrink Next Door." (Intsebenziswano ebanzi yamawele iyayiphelisa enye imfihlakalo-ngokucacileyo, ibali alipheli kunye nomnye wabo ofileyo okanye uvaleleke ngokuthula entolongweni.) I-podcast ibini umfanekiso wamapolisa angenamsebenzi kunye nokucamngca ngokuqhubekayo kweMelika ukungabi nabuhlobo kwabafuduki; Ndiyixabisile into yokuba uMiller engakhange athethe nabo ngendelelo kwezi zifundo zinocalucalulo.—Abram Brown Ukufunda: “The Complex” kaKaran Mahajan kunye nethi “This Is Where the Serpent Lives” nguDaniyal Mueenuddin. Ukukhuphisana kwezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho, uninzi lwayo lukhawuleza. Ewe, iinkcukacha zesizwe ngasinye ziyahluka, kodwa njengoko isibini seenoveli ezintsha zibonisa, iimeko ezifanayo kunye nobuqhetseba baqhubela phambili amabhongo kuzo zombini. "I-Complex" yenzeka eDelhi-kwindawo yokuthengisa izindlu ekhumbuza i-compound yosapho ehlala nguMario Puzo's Corleones. Apho, oonyana abathandathu bakaS.P. Chopra—umseki wasentsomini—baphila ubomi bokubawa, obulusizi nobungendawo. (NjengakwiCorleones, abafazi “Kwi-Complex” babandezeleka kakhulu ezandleni zamadoda abo.) Elona lungu libi kwesi sizwana, uLaxman, ngumntu ochubekileyo wentlalo-ntle yaye ngaloo ndlela usondela ekubangeni isikhundla sokhokho wakhe onqulwa kakhulu—ngamagqabantshintshi ngodidi lwezobupolitika oluye lwakhula eIndiya. Kulapho Ihlala khona iNyoka, ”apho oo-Atars abazizityebi-ngakumbi u-Hisham, unyana omdala ka-louche-babonakalise ukuba ngabacingeli bobutyebi obaqokelelwa kumafama asePakistan. Njengoko amaxesha etshintsha elizweni, isibini sabakhonzi baka-Atar, uBayazid noSaquib, bazama ukubaleka oko kufana nobuhlwempu, ngokufuthi ngobuqhetseba obukhohlakeleyo, obuyingozi. Ngokuthelekisa, u-Bayazid ngoyena uthobeke ngakumbi kwaba babini, ekugqibeleni waneliseka yindima yakhe njengomqhubi; U-Saquib, unyana we-sharecropper osele enze utshintsho olungenakwenzeka ukusuka kwi-houseboy ukuya kumphathi weshishini, ngesibindi imifanekiso yakhe inyuka ngakumbi-ukukhuphisana ne-Atars's status ekwenzeni iPakistan yanamhlanje. Ekugqibeleni, ujongela phantsi kanye oko kufunekayo ukuze ufike apho, angathethi nto malunga nokuba yintoni na efunekayo ukuze ufumane indawo ehlala ihleli.—A.B.Watching: “Qeqesha amaphupha”Kudala ngaphambi kokufika kwe-AI, ukuphumelela kobugcisa okwahlukileyo kwatshintsha iMelika: uloliwe. Kwaye “kuMaphupha kaloliwe,” uRobert Grainier (uJoel Edgerton), umsebenzi kaloliwe, uzifumana sele etshayelwe kwihlabathi elitshintsha ngokukhawuleza kunokuba anokuhambisana nalo. Ecinga kwaye egciniwe, uGrainier ufuna okuncinci ebomini ngaphaya kokuchitha ixesha kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uGladys (uFelicity Jones) kunye nentombi encinci kwindlwana yeelog awazakhela yona kwihlathi elihle lase-Idaho. Kodwa akukho msebenzi ukufutshane, ngoko ukuze axhase intsapho yakhe kufuneka ahambe ixesha elide: okokuqala kwiindlela zikaloliwe, emva koko njenge-logger emahlathini asePacific Northwest-izicwangciso ezibonakaliswe ngokumangalisayo, ikhamera ekrwada eyanceda ifilimu ukuba ifumane ukutyunjwa kwe-Oscar ezine, kubandakanywa i-cinematography, umfanekiso ogqwesileyo kunye ne-screenplay elungelelanisiweyo (ifilimu ithathwe kwi-2011 igama lobuhle, igama elifanayo). UGrainier ufumana ubomi obubodwa obunemibuzo yokuziphatha: Ngaba le nkqubela iwufanele umonakalo ewubangelayo kwindalo? Emva koluhlu lweentlekele zobuqu, amaxhala akhe ayanda, kwaye uqala ukoyika ukuba indalo injaloifuna impindezelo yayo kuye. Iinkxalabo ezisengqondweni yakhe azifani nezo zichazwe ngabantu malunga ne-AI kunye nendlela ukwanda kwayo ngokukhawuleza kuguqula ihlabathi lethu. Kwaye benza ukuba iGrainier ibe ngumntu ongaphelelwa lixesha, oqondakala lula, onesandi esichukumisayo.—Jemima McEvoy

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