Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built for 250+ AI use cases and able to process 450B daily inferences, 50% more than z16, available June 8  —  IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum: A look at the state of AI in 2025 across training and inference costs, carbon footprint, investment activity, bills proposed in the US, and more  —  Stanford’s AI Index tracks performance, investment, public opinion, and more  —  If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting messages: AI is booming. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built for 250+ AI use cases and can perform 450B daily inferences, 50% more than z16, available on June 8  —  IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kylie Robison / The Verge: LMArena says it’s updating its leaderboard rules after Meta secured the #2 spot with a Llama 4 Maverick version it noted in fine print was not released publicly  —  With Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on rejoining in May 2024 after stepping down, agentic AI being the future of automation, licensing AI tech, and more  —  Today, I’m talking with Daniel Dines, the cofounder and, once again, the CEO of UiPath, a software company that specializes in something called robotic process automation (RPA). Lees verder op Tech Meme