Train-to-Test scaling explained: How to optimize your end-to-end AI compute budget for inference

AI reasoning does not necessarily require spending huge amounts on frontier models. Instead, smaller models can yield ...
Wired

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...
Geeky Gadgets

How to Master Claude for Excel Financial Modeling in Just 10 Minutes

Claude’s Excel add-in combines automation with a natural language interface to simplify financial modeling tasks. As demonstrated by Ali H. Salem, this add-in supports workflows such as creating ...
TechSpot

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.
CNBC

Meta boosts investment in West Texas AI data center by over sixfold to $10 billion

Meta now plans to spend $10 billion on its AI data center in El Paso, Texas, up from a prior commitment of $1.5 billion. The data center aims to bring 1 gigawatt of capacity online by 2028. Meta is ...
Consumer Reports

Can Using Gas With 15 Percent Ethanol Damage Your Car?

You might have noticed that some gas stations occasionally offer specials on unleaded 88 octane gas—also known as E15—which contains 15 percent ethanol. Ethanol is an alcohol that’s derived from corn.