The newly-launched Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) 300 chip is designed to train ranking and recommendations systems across Instagram and Facebook. And while the upcoming MTIA 400, 450, and 500 will be “capable of handling all workloads,” Meta says it will mainly use them for generative AI inference “in the near future and into 2027.”
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Now users in Canada, New Zealand, and India can access Chrome’s built-in Gemini AI assistant, which has added support for more than 50 languages, including Spanish, French, Hindi, and Chinese.
Along with answering questions about what’s on your screen, Gemini in Chrome can help you do things like send messages in Gmail, create a table comparing products in your tabs, and remix images you see online.
The company says it will put the investment toward expanding fiber, 5G home internet, and satellite connectivity across the US over the next five years. It also plans on hiring “thousands” of technicians this year to support the buildout.
During an interview with Bloomberg, Emil Michael, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, says Anthropic’s move to sue the Pentagon was an “expected reaction” to its designation as a supply-chain risk.
“I don’t think there’s a scenario where this gets resolved in that way,” Michael says, Bloomberg reports.
