• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Majority of CEOs Report Zero Payoff From AI Splurge

1773843859913.png

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-computing-prices-up-to-34-after-demand-soars
 
AI indirectly creating opportunities for FOSS


“SaaS Apocalypse Could Be OpenSource's Greatest Opportunity​

internet-redstar 5 minutes ago		0
Longtime Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: Nearly a trillion dollars has been wiped from software stocks in 2026, with hedge funds making billions shorting Salesforce, HubSpot, and Atlassian. At FOSDEM 2026, cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down his bug bounty program after AI-generated slop overwhelmed his team. A new article on HackerNoon argues that most commercial SaaS could inevitably become OpenSource, not out of ideology but economics. The author points to Proxmox replacing VMware at enterprise scale and startups like Holosign replicating DocuSign at $19/month flat as evidence. The catch, the article claims, is that maintainers who refuse to embrace AI tools risk being forked, or simply replicated from scratch, by those who do.”
 
erek said:

“You’ve Finally Figured Out AI at Work—Now Comes the Bill​

Companies that now regularly use artificial intelligence are starting to track their workers’ use of tokens, AI’s unit of measurement”​

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-tokens-productivity-d35c6bd8
Click to expand...
I mean this was always the end goal, the reason why companies are throwing trillions at this, because they want to make money. Everyone going gaga over using AI but it has a price, and yeah those companies are hoping that price is less than all those people they let go.
 
  • Like
Reactions: erek
like this
sfsuphysics said:
I mean this was always the end goal, the reason why companies are throwing trillions at this, because they want to make money. Everyone going gaga over using AI but it has a price, and yeah those companies are hoping that price is less than all those people they let go.
Click to expand...
sounds legit

chatgpt started free and still open and free yet if you want

now ads, tiered subscriptions and price increases
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/micron-mu-q2-earnings-report-2026.html

Micron revenue almost triples, tops estimates as demand for memory soars​

Published Wed, Mar 18 20264:06 PM EDTUpdated 1 Min Ago
Key Points
  • Micron has benefited from a memory supply shortage driven by surging demand for Nvidia’s AI chips.
  • Among the 10 most valuable tech companies in the U.S., Micron is the only one that’s seen gains in its stock price this year.
Micron said revenue almost tripled in the latest quarter as results topped analysts’ estimates. The stock slipped in extended trading.

Here’s how the company did relative to LSEG consensus:

  • Earnings per share: $12.20 adjusted vs. $9.31 expected
  • Revenue: $23.86 billion vs. $20.07 billion expected

Micron is benefiting from soaring demand for Nvidia graphics processing units that run generative artificial intelligence models. Each generation of Nvidia chip packs in more memory, creating a supply crunch. Micron has been working to add capacity, as have competitors Samsung and SK Hynix
Click to expand...
 

“UK Plans To Require Labels On AI-Generated Content​

Anonymous Coward 2 hours ago		12
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative industries and allowing the AI sector to innovate, saying in a statement that the government would take time to "get this right."

The next phase of the government's work on copyright and AI would also look at the harms posed by digital replicas without consent, ways for creators to control their work online and support for independent creative organizations, she said. [...] Louise Popple, a copyright expert at law firm Taylor Wessing, noted that the government had not ruled out a broad exception that would allow AI developers to train on copyright works. "That's a subtle difference of approach and could be interpreted to mean that everything is still up for grabs" she said. "It feels very much like the hard issues are being kicked down the road by the government."

In 2024, Britain proposed easing copyright rules to let developers train models on lawfully accessed material, with creators able to reserve their rights. On Wednesday, Kendall said that having engaged with creatives, AI firms, industry bodies, unions and academics, the government had concluded it "no longer has a preferred option." "We will help creatives control how their work is used. This sits at the heart of our ambition for creatives – including independent and smaller creative organizations -- to be paid fairly," she said.”
 
erek said:

“UK Plans To Require Labels On AI-Generated Content​

Anonymous Coward 2 hours ago		12
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative industries and allowing the AI sector to innovate, saying in a statement that the government would take time to "get this right."

The next phase of the government's work on copyright and AI would also look at the harms posed by digital replicas without consent, ways for creators to control their work online and support for independent creative organizations, she said. [...] Louise Popple, a copyright expert at law firm Taylor Wessing, noted that the government had not ruled out a broad exception that would allow AI developers to train on copyright works. "That's a subtle difference of approach and could be interpreted to mean that everything is still up for grabs" she said. "It feels very much like the hard issues are being kicked down the road by the government."

In 2024, Britain proposed easing copyright rules to let developers train models on lawfully accessed material, with creators able to reserve their rights. On Wednesday, Kendall said that having engaged with creatives, AI firms, industry bodies, unions and academics, the government had concluded it "no longer has a preferred option." "We will help creatives control how their work is used. This sits at the heart of our ambition for creatives – including independent and smaller creative organizations -- to be paid fairly," she said.”
Click to expand...
A good idea, but I'm worried about how it will be implemented.
 

“Google Is Trying To Make 'Vibe Design' Happen​

BeauHD 4 hours ago		19
With today's latest Stitch updates, Google is trying to make "vibe design" happen, reports The Verge's Jay Peters. The AI-native design platform encourages users to describe goals, feelings, or inspiration in "natural language," rather than starting with traditional blueprints.

In a blog post, Google Labs Product Manager Rustin Banks says that Stitch can turn those inputs into interactive prototypes, automatically map user flows, and support real-time iteration. It introduces voice capabilities that allow users to "speak directly to [the] canvas" for feedback or changes. Tools like DESIGN.md also help users create reusable design systems across various projects.”
 
erek said:

“Google Is Trying To Make 'Vibe Design' Happen​

BeauHD 4 hours ago		19
With today's latest Stitch updates, Google is trying to make "vibe design" happen, reports The Verge's Jay Peters. The AI-native design platform encourages users to describe goals, feelings, or inspiration in "natural language," rather than starting with traditional blueprints.

In a blog post, Google Labs Product Manager Rustin Banks says that Stitch can turn those inputs into interactive prototypes, automatically map user flows, and support real-time iteration. It introduces voice capabilities that allow users to "speak directly to [the] canvas" for feedback or changes. Tools like DESIGN.md also help users create reusable design systems across various projects.”
Click to expand...
Great. Because idiots who fancy themselves "UI Designers" weren't already giving us hot garbage.
 
sfsuphysics said:
I mean this was always the end goal, the reason why companies are throwing trillions at this, because they want to make money. Everyone going gaga over using AI but it has a price, and yeah those companies are hoping that price is less than all those people they let go.
Click to expand...
erek said:
sounds legit

chatgpt started free and still open and free yet if you want

now ads, tiered subscriptions and price increases
Click to expand...
[Billing Update] Gemini API usage tier updates and billing caps starting Apr 2026

​

​

​
Review your usage to better manage your billing.​


​
​

Hello Erek,
We’re writing to notify you of updates to Google AI Studio Usage Tiers and the introduction of enforced billing account tier caps for the Gemini API starting April 1, 2026.
Review these changes and how they may impact your API usage.
Key changes:
Starting March 16, 2026:​
  • New Project Spend Caps: You can now configure optional, project-level spend limits. If a project exceeds your defined target, the system will pause requests for that specific project within approximately 10 minutes. Please note that you are responsible for any overages incurred during this brief window.

    Paused projects will resume as soon as the limits reset on the first day of the following month, or you update/remove the cap.

Starting April 1, 2026:​
  • Enforced billing account tier caps: Each Usage Tier will enforce a maximum monthly spend limit at the billing account level. If your aggregate spend reaches this cap, Gemini API requests tied to that billing account will be paused until the next month.
  • Automated Usage Tier upgrades: Tier upgrades will be automated. Your account will systematically graduate to higher tiers with higher rate limits as you meet specified spend and tenure thresholds.

​

What you need to do​


Manually verify and review your current usage to plan ahead and prevent service disruption when the new caps take effect:​
  1. Check your tier: Log in to Google AI Studio to view your current Usage Tier and applicable limits.
  2. Review your billing account spend:Evaluate your historical monthly spending to determine if the new Billing Account Tier Cap will impact your ongoing projects. More details here.

If you determine that your billing account requires a higher cap:​
  • Request an override: If you require a cap higher than the automatically assigned tier, please fill out this form.

If you have any questions or need help, please check our product documentation or visit the Gemini AI community.
Thanks for choosing Google AI Studio and Gemini API.​
​
– The Gemini API Team​


 

“Pardoned Nikola Fraudster Is Raising Funds For AI-Powered Planes He Claims Will Reshape Aviation​

BeauHD 4 hours ago		19
Trevor Milton, the pardoned founder of Nikola, is seeking $1 billion for AI-powered autonomous planes through a new venture called SyberJet. The Tech Buzz reports: "Autonomous planes will be 10 times harder than Nikola ever was," Milton told the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview. It's a remarkable admission from someone whose last venture collapsed under the weight of securities fraud charges after he overstated the capabilities of Nikola's electric and hydrogen-powered trucks. Milton was convicted in 2022 on three counts of fraud for misleading investors about Nikola's technology, including staging a video that made it appear a truck prototype was driving under its own power when it was actually rolling downhill. The conviction sent him to prison and turned Nikola into a cautionary tale about startup hype culture. His pardon, which came earlier this year, sparked immediate controversy in venture capital and legal circles.

Now he's betting that AI and autonomous aviation represent a clean slate. SyberJet appears focused on developing artificial intelligence systems capable of piloting aircraft without human intervention - a technical challenge that's stumped even well-funded players like Boeing and Airbus. [...] Milton hasn't detailed SyberJet's technical approach or revealed who's backing the venture. The company's website remains sparse, and aviation industry sources say they haven't seen concrete demonstrations of the technology. That opacity echoes the early days of Nikola, when Milton made sweeping claims about revolutionary trucks that existed mostly in renderings and promotional videos. If you need a quick refresher on the Nikola saga, here's a timeline of key events:”
 

“Strong AI Momentum to Drive 24.8% Growth in Foundry Revenue in 2026​

PRESS RELEASE by TheLostSwede Today, 06:29 Discuss (0 Comments)
TrendForce's latest research on the foundry industry reveals that continued investment in the AI arms race by North American CSPs and AI startups will keep demand for AI processors and supporting ICs strong in 2026. Global foundry revenue is projected to grow 24.8% YoY to approximately US$218.8 billion, with TSMC expected to post the largest increase of around 32% YoY.

Demand for advanced nodes will continue to be driven by AI GPUs from companies such as NVIDIA and AMD. Meanwhile, North American CSPs, including Google, AWS, and Meta, and AI startups such as OpenAI and Groq, are accelerating the development of their own AI chips. Many of these designs are expected to enter volume production and begin shipping in 2026, becoming key drivers for 5/4 nm and more advanced process technologies.“
 
erek said:
sounds legit

chatgpt started free and still open and free yet if you want

now ads, tiered subscriptions and price increases
Click to expand...

Like Amazon Prime right now. They're cutting quality on the basic tier to get you to upgrade and pay more. They'll do the same with the free Chat clients by making them crappier until you decide you want to pay for it. Every time they offer something cheap, or free, you can be guaranteed that they plan to make it worse to squeeze more money out of you. Uber started out way cheaper and got people interested and then jacked the pricing. Every "disruptive" thing does this. Start out cheap, lose money, make a mess of the industry and then start raising the price to squeeze every dollar until people eventually abandon you because you've created such a shitty product.
 
  • Like
Reactions: erek
like this
My C level manager has drank the kool aid. He’s been reading a bunch of Books by evangelists. He has told the legal team (where I work) to rethink how we work to incorporate genAI. He wants us to be using copilot with the companies MSFT 365 subscription all the time. He goes on about how it makes him more productive with his emails and documents and how we all should be using it like him.

The problem is: we all do different stuff and a lot of it doesn’t live in the MSFT ecosystem. He organized a presentation with a MSFT salesperson working through some copilot use cases: again with outlook and PowerPoint which does nothing for me.
I skipped that presentation because on its face, I knew it wasn’t going to help me.
Next day he email blasted everyone requiring everyone to watch the video of the presentation, provide a couple of takeaways, and what our individual next steps to “AI” our jobs.

My thought: “is this a trick?” For a guy advocating AI to be more productive, does he want everyone to watch a 2 hour presentation and do follow up busy work? The value I provide to the business is legal analysis and legal advice. This doesn’t seem to be valuable. It took some work, but I figured out how to get copilot to ingest the video and do the “homework.” But then I thought, “maybe it’s not a trick.” So I did the stupid assignment as intended. I submitted both sets of answers. Wasted half a day doing this BS and learn next to nothing of value.

But it did get me thinking about RPA using some sort of agent outside of MSFT products. Discovered via YouTube, a connector/agent/plugin for copilot in copilot studio. Went to our copilot studio portal, and there it was: Front and center practically screaming “Try me!” Click through —“this plugin has been disabled by your IT team due to data loss policy”. Wtf. MFer is gonna fire me because I’m not using enough AI, but they lock the cool stuff up.

Lost the other half of the day trying to do what management asked, only to be blocked by management.
 

“Microsoft Considers Legal Action Over $50 Billion Amazon-OpenAI Cloud Deal​

Anonymous Coward 35 minutes ago		4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Microsoft is considering legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several agreements, including one that makes Amazon Web Services the exclusive third-party cloud provider for Frontier, OpenAI's enterprise platform for building and running AI agents. The dispute centers on whether OpenAI can offer Frontier via AWS without violating the Microsoft partnership, which requires the startup's models to be accessed through the Windows maker's Azure cloud platform, the FT report said, citing sources.

OpenAI and Microsoft recently stated together that "Azure remains the exclusive cloud provider of stateless OpenAI APIs," a Microsoft spokesperson said in an emailed statement, referring to software interfaces used to access OpenAI's models. "We are confident that OpenAI understands and respects the importance of living up to this legal obligation," the spokesperson added. FT said Microsoft executives believed the approach was not feasible and would violate the spirit, if not the letter, of their agreement, and added that the companies were in talks to resolve the dispute without litigation ahead of Frontier's launch. "We know our contract," a person familiar with Microsoft's position told the newspaper. "We will sue them if they breach it. If Amazon and OpenAI want to take a bet on the creativity of their contractual lawyers, I would back us, not them."”
 

“OpenAI Acquires Developer Tooling Startup Astral​

BeauHD 2 hours ago		5
OpenAI announced it's acquiring developer tooling startup Astral to strengthen its Codex AI coding assistant, which has over 2 million weekly users and has seen a three-fold increase in user growth since the start of the year. CNBC reports: "Through it all, though, our goal remains the same: to make programming more productive. To build tools that radically change what it feels like to build software," Astral's founder and CEO Charlie Marsh wrote in a blog post. The company's acquisition of Astral is still subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.”
 
AVATARAT said:
A good idea, but I'm worried about how it will be implemented.
Click to expand...
Another excuse for them to push laws on not only age verification but soon full name verification to access the internet, and Meta will take one of their little scam companies to push for lobbying to remove the burden of social media having to properly tag AI content..and throw it on the end user...
 
"We’ve all heard a lot about the potential impact artificial intelligence and agentic AI will have on the SaaS sector. But its conversion from SaaS to GaaS is a new wrinkle.

The acronym technically stands for “governance as a service.” But it was used in a different way by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during this week’s GTC 2026 keynote where he said, “Every SaaS company will become a GaaS company.” Accuracy aside, rather than software that enables employees to do work, Huang’s formulation describes software that does the work itself, autonomously, through AI agents executing tasks without continuous human input.
The conceptual distance between SaaS and GaaS is not simply a product upgrade. It is a redesign of enterprise software’s basic premise. SaaS was built for humans to log into, navigate and act upon. GaaS is built for agents to receive instructions, plan execution sequences, and deliver outcomes with minimal human intervention in the loop.
Bain has mapped this transition across a three-layer stack: systems of record at the base, agent operating systems in the middle and outcome interfaces at the top. Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI Agent Builder and Amazon Bedrock Agents represent early platforms for building and running AI agents rather than pure orchestration layers. They include capabilities such as task planning, tool use and workflow coordination within individual agent environments.
The orchestration layer is emerging above them as a distinct control plane that manages multi-agent coordination, governance and execution across enterprise systems. In an enterprise deployment, a single business process can require a procurement agent, a compliance agent and a finance agent to coordinate in sequence, each passing context and results to the next.
As PYMNTS reported, companies are rapidly building platforms to manage these agent interactions at scale, including Nvidia’s enterprise agent stack and OpenAI’s push into enterprise-grade agent services, both aimed at giving businesses centralized control over how agents are deployed, monitored and governed across workflows."

https://www.pymnts.com/bank-regulation/2026/banking-regulators-move-to-cut-capital-requirements/
 

"Rogue AI Triggers Serious Security Incident At Meta (theverge.com)9​

Posted by BeauHD on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:00PM from the here-we-go-again dept.
For the second time in the past month, an AI agent went rogue at Meta -- this time giving an engineer incorrect advice that briefly exposed sensitive data. The Verge reports:A Meta engineer was using an internal AI agent, which Clayton described as "similar in nature to OpenClaw within a secure development environment," to analyze a technical question another employee posted on an internal company forum. But the agent also independently publicly replied to the question after analyzing it, without getting approval first. The reply was only meant to be shown to the employee who requested it, not posted publicly. An employee then acted on the AI's advice, which "provided inaccurate information" that led to a "SEV1" level security incident, the second-highest severity rating Meta uses. The incident temporarily allowed employees to access sensitive data they were not authorized to view, but the issue has since been resolved.

According to Clayton, the AI agent involved didn't take any technical action itself, beyond posting inaccurate technical advice, something a human could have also done. A human, however, might have done further testing and made a more complete judgment call before sharing the information -- and it's not clear whether the employee who originally prompted the answer planned to post it publicly. "The employee interacting with the system was fully aware that they were communicating with an automated bot. This was indicated by a disclaimer noted in the footer and by the employee's own reply on that thread," Clayton commented to The Verge. "The agent took no action aside from providing a response to a question. Had the engineer that acted on that known better, or did other checks, this would have been avoided.""
 
erek said:
opinion?
Click to expand...
Senior devs who understand systems and design patterns beyond the syntax may one day be a rare and in demand if we no longer hire junior devs. Claude still does dumb stuff so need someone with understanding who guides it.
 
SecretStash said:
Senior devs who understand systems and design patterns beyond the syntax may one day be a rare and in demand if we no longer hire junior devs. Claude still does dumb stuff so need someone with understanding who guides it.
Click to expand...
what about openclaw
 

“Online Bot Traffic Will Exceed Human Traffic By 2027, Cloudflare CEO Says​

BeauHD 4 hours ago		19
Cloudflare's CEO predicts AI-driven bot traffic will surpass human internet traffic by 2027, as AI agents generate vastly more web requests than people. "If a human were doing a task -- let's say you were shopping for a digital camera -- and you might go to five websites. Your agent or the bot that's doing that will often go to 1,000 times the number of sites that an actual human would visit," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said in an interview at SXSW this week. "So it might go to 5,000 sites. And that's real traffic, and that's real load, which everyone is having to deal with and take into account." TechCrunch reports: Before the generative AI era, the internet was only about 20% bot traffic, with Google's web crawler being the largest, according to Prince, whose infrastructure and security company is used by one-fifth of all websites. But beyond some other reputable crawlers, the only other bots were those used by scammers and bad actors. "With the rise of generative AI, and its just insatiable need for data, we're seeing a rise where we suspect that, in 2027, the amount of bot traffic online will exceed the amount of human traffic that's online," Prince said.

The executive also noted that this change to the web would require the development of new technologies, like sandboxes for AI agents that can be spun up on the fly and then torn down when their task has finished. These could come into play when consumers ask AI agents to perform certain tasks on their behalf, like planning a vacation. "What we're trying to think about is, how do we actually build that underlying infrastructure where you can -- as easily as you open a new tab in your browser -- you can actually spin up new code, which can then run and service the agents that are out there," Prince said. He imagines there will soon be a time when millions of these "sandboxes" for agents would be created every second. "I think the thing that people don't appreciate about AI is it's a platform shift," Prince said. "AI is another platform shift ... the way that you're going to consume information is completely different."”
 

“Supermicro CEO Charged with Breach of NVIDIA AI GPU Export Controls to China​

by btarunr Today, 04:24 Discuss (1 Comment)
Supermicro is a well-known brand in the server and datacenter industries as suppliers of server hardware such as motherboards, rackmount chassis, and even fully-built servers. CNN reports that its co-founder and CEO, Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, along with executives Ruei-Tsang "Steven" Chang, and Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun, were charged with diverting USD $2.5 billion worth NVIDIA AI GPUs to customers in China, breaking US export controls. The three are alleged to have done so through an ASEAN-based shell company that purchased the chips from NVIDIA, and diverted them to customers in China.

On Thursday, Supermicro released a statement, saying that it has placed Wally Liaw and Steven Chang on administrative leave, and terminated Willy Sun. "The conduct by these individuals alleged in the indictment is a contravention of the Company's policies and compliance controls, including efforts to circumvent applicable export control laws and regulations. Supermicro maintains a robust compliance program and is committed to full adherence to all applicable U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations," the statement said. It added that the company is fully cooperating with the investigation. Supermicro stock dropped 11%, reports GuruFocus, before rebounding.”
 

“Jensen Huang says he would be 'deeply alarmed' if his $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 of tokens​


"If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed," says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Jensen Huang says $500K engineers should use at least $250K in tokens — or risk raising alarm bells.
  • "If that person said $5,000, I will go ape” 🦍 🦧

https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-500k-engineers-250k-ai-tokens-nvidia-compute-2026-3
 
erek said:

“Jensen Huang says he would be 'deeply alarmed' if his $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 of tokens​


"If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed," says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Jensen Huang says $500K engineers should use at least $250K in tokens — or risk raising alarm bells.
  • "If that person said $5,000, I will go ape” 🦍 🦧

https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-500k-engineers-250k-ai-tokens-nvidia-compute-2026-3
Click to expand...

“Alibaba workforce shrinks 34% in 2025 as Chinese tech giant doubles down on AI​




KEY POINTS
  • Alibaba ended December last year with 128,197 employees, down from 194,320 from a year earlier.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/alibaba-headcount-falls-ai-push-sun-art-intime-sales.html
 

“Super Micro Tanks 22% as Co-Founder Arrested in $2.5 Billion AI Chip Smuggling Ring​



Quick Read​

  • Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares plunged 22% after the Justice Department arrested the company’s co-founder and two others for allegedly smuggling $2.5B in servers containing banned GPUs to China through a scheme involving Taiwan and Southeast Asian shell companies.
  • The company settled SEC charges of accounting fraud in 2020 for $17.5M and faced fresh accusations of accounting manipulation from Hindenburg Research in 2024.
  • Super Micro’s co-founder orchestrated an export control violation scheme during a period when the AI server sector already faced slowing growth, margin pressure, and intensifying competition from larger players.“

https://247wallst.com/investing/202...rested-in-2-5-billion-ai-chip-smuggling-ring/
 

“As OpenClaw Enthusiasm Grips China, Kids and Retirees Alike Raise 'Lobsters'​

Anonymous Coward 3 minutes ago		0
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics worker in Beijing, has recently started raising a "lobster," hoping that the AI agent he has been training can help organize his specialized industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. "OpenClaw can actually help you accomplish many practical things," the 60-year-old said at a recent event hosted by AI startup Zhipu to teach people how to use and train the AI agent, which has gone viral in China, with its various local versions earning the "lobster" nickname.

In the past month, OpenClaw, which can connect several hardware and software tools and learn from the data produced with much less human intervention than a chatbot, has captured the imaginations of many in China, from retirees looking for side income to AI firms hoping to generate new revenue streams. [...]

Huang Rongsheng, chief architect at Baidu's smart device unit Xiaodu, said at an event on Tuesday that parent group chats for his daughter's primary school class have become overwhelmed by OpenClaw discussions. "My daughter came to me and asked: Dad, I see you raising a lobster every day," he said. "Can I have one too?" Bai Yiyun, another attendee at the Zhipu event, said she hopes to use the agent to start a side hustle during her retirement. "If DeepSeek marked a milestone for open-source large language models, then OpenClaw represents a similar turning point for open-source "agents," said Wei Sun, chief AI analyst at Counterpoint Research.”
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top