# computer chips (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover computer chips. Page: Feed: --- ## [Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Soars 500 Percent in Trading Debut](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/unitree-ipo-trading.html) _2026-08-19 · Steve Lohr · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Unitree is the second major Chinese technology company linked to the country’s artificial intelligence boom to surge following its initial public offering in the past month. ## [The Rising Stakes of the Global Bond Rout](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/business/dealbook/bonds-yields-treasury-ai.html) _2026-08-19 · Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Sri Muppidi · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ There were already several factors rattling investors. A further rise in bond yields is making things more expensive for everyone. ## [Bridget Todd Doesn’t Trust A.I., But She Told ChatGPT Everything](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/podcasts/bridget-todd-ai-chatgpt.html) _2026-08-19 · Anna Martin · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The tech writer and podcaster Bridget Todd felt sorry for people who said they had relationships with chatbots. Then she became one of them. ## [Book Review: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,’ by Jill Lepore](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/books/review/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-artificial-state-jill-lepore.html) _2026-08-19 · Jennifer Szalai · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ In a new book, Jill Lepore examines what happens when we abandon liberal democracy for rule by automation and machines. ## [Everyone’s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a Hammer](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/magazine/ai-dictation-app-wispr.html) _2026-08-19 · Amy X. Wang · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. ## [Is A.I. Development Really on a Safe Path?](https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011099984/is-ai-development-really-on-a-safe-path.html) _2026-08-18 · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The recent OpenAI Hugging Face hack has raised questions about the safety of frontier A.I. models. Helen Toner, the executive director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, discusses ways to improve A.I. safety without pausing development. ## [A Bitter Anniversary for Afghan Women](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/opinion/afghanistan-taliban-women.html) _2026-08-18 · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Readers respond to a guest essay about the U.S. failure in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s oppression of women. Also: the use of A.I. in medicine. ## [An A.I. Tax Boom Could Curtail America’s Debt. But Not Solve It.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/ai-national-debt-budget.html) _2026-08-18 · Andrew Duehren · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The consequences of A.I. for the budget will largely hinge on whether — and to what extent — the technology reshapes the labor market. ## [OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/chatgpt-for-teens-openai.html) _2026-08-18 · Cecilia Kang · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users. ## [I Let My Students Watch Me Struggle With a Masterpiece. It Changed Everything.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/higher-ed-dostoevsky-attention.html) _2026-08-17 · Matt Dinan · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Teachers need to model the passion they want to see. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HECBho2tNzir) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/nvidia-ohio-data-center-openai.html) _2026-08-17 · Kalley Huang · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI. ## [A French Start-Up, Inbolt, Makes Robots See, and Work, Better](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/business/robots-stellantis-inbolt.html) _2026-08-17 · Farah Stockman and Sarah Rice · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Inbolt, a French start-up that sells robot vision systems, helped a Stellantis plant in Detroit become a top performer in the company. ## [AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/ai-slop.html) _2026-08-17 · Tiffany Hsu · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence. ## [More Naming Drama at the Kennedy Center](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/trump-kennedy-center.html) _2026-08-17 · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Readers respond to the Kennedy Center Board’s vote to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building. Also, winning the A.I. race; a slogan for Democrats. ## [What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/student-writing-essays-ai.html) _2026-08-17 · Dana Goldstein · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills. ## [China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/world/asia/china-ai-data-chatbots.html) _2026-08-17 · David Pierson and Berry Wang · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology. ## [The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/military-ai-china-anthropic.html) _2026-08-16 · David E. Sanger, Dustin Volz, Ana Swanson and Julian E. Barnes · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead. ## [Bot Meets Bot](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/briefing/chatbots-talking-to-each-other.html) _2026-08-16 · Callie Holtermann · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Are we ready for a world where machines are mostly talking to each other? ## [As A.I. Data Centers Spread, Pressure Mounts to Share Profits](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/business/ai-data-centers.html) _2026-08-16 · Tony Romm · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Policymakers around the country are maneuvering to ensure that tech giants aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit. ## [I Tested a Popular A.I. Slop Detector. It Felt Empowering.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/technology/personaltech/pangram-ai-detector-test.html) _2026-08-14 · Brian X. Chen · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it’s not reliable for spotting artificial images. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8yRdMaSkSc8D) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [So You Want to Build an A.I. Star?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/ai-podcasts-fashion-pop-avatars.html) _2026-08-13 · Reggie Ugwu · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Designers at a new crop of creative studios create fake personas they hope real people will love. Are they distorting culture or mirroring it? ## [As Comedians Toy With A.I., Who Will Get the Last Laugh?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/edinburgh-fringe-ai-comedy.html) _2026-08-13 · Houman Barekat · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Several acts at the Edinburgh Fringe are testing the boundaries of creativity using artificial intelligence. ## [A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/29/technology/ai-chips-data-center-boom.html) _2026-08-06 · Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur, Jacqueline Gu and Cade Metz · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months. ## [Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html) _2026-08-05 · Jonathan Mahler, Jim Rutenberg and Kirsten Grind · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut. ## [What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/business/economy/ai-spending-tokenomics.html) _2026-08-03 · Lydia DePillis · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ A new field of “tokenomics” has emerged to measure the return on all the money companies are pouring into artificial intelligence. ## [A Bay Area Pastor Made an A.I. Twin to Talk About God at Any Time](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/ai-twin-pastor-justin-lester-california-church.html) _2026-07-30 · Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ To meet the growing needs of his congregation, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it. ## [Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/personaltech/apple-siri-ai-prompts.html) _2026-07-30 · Brian X. Chen · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ An upgrade transformed the beleaguered virtual assistant into a modern chatbot. It’s imperfect but worth trying. ## [An A.I. Music F.A.Q.: Can I Remix Madonna? Is This All Legal?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/arts/music/ai-music-faq.html) _2026-07-24 · Ben Sisario · NYT \> Artificial Intelligence_ Advances in A.I. are making it possible to create all kinds of music from scratch, but they also raise questions about what is legal and who will actually listen.