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London’s aging power grid undermines British AI ambitions, Virtus Warns

24Jun

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London’s aging power grid undermines British AI ambitions, Virtus Warns

[ad_1] London's electricity system is struggling to add more data centers, deterring potential investment and undermining Britain's ambitions in technology like AI, a business has warned the UK energy regulator.“A combination of lack of immediate power combined with delays in future power is preventing us from growing our business within the southeast of England via the addition of new sites,” Virtus Data Centres Ltd.'s engineering director, Peter Betts, wrote. It's “preventing the region from reaping the benefits from future technological advancements in areas such as artificial intelligence, an area in which the UK wishes to become the global center of excellence.” Lack of power in the southeastern part of England has stalled about £500 million ($636 million) of investment in new data...

Domino’s Pizza app to deliver orders without an address! Know all about the ‘Pinpoint delivery’ feature

[ad_1] Domino's Pizza, the renowned food retail chain, has recently unveiled a new feature for its app. Known as Domino's Pinpoint Delivery, this new feature was first reported by Business Insider. This feature aims to enhance convenience for users by enabling deliveries to any location without needing an address. Customers can now enjoy their favourite pizzas at public places such as parks, baseball fields, and beaches and not have to worry about finding the nearest landmark to order their meal.Availability limited to the USCurrently, the new Pinpoint Delivery feature is exclusively available to users in the United States. The company has not disclosed any plans regarding the expansion of this feature to other markets. How Does Domino's Pinpoint Delivery Work?Customers who have the Dom...

Alibaba to Build ChatGPT-Like AI Into Meeting, Messaging Apps

[ad_1] Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is integrating its most advanced artificial intelligence system into its Slack-like DingTalk messaging app and a meeting assistant named Tingwu.The large language model (LLM) developed by Alibaba Cloud, dubbed Tongyi Qianwen, is now powering interactions with a new version of the assistant, Tongyi Tingwu. It helps by analyzing audio and video files and generating text summaries, and is now open to the public to try. That bot will also be integrated into DingTalk, the cloud unit said in a statement Thursday. OpenAI's breakthrough ChatGPT bot has hastened the release of LLMs by companies around the globe, from internet players like Alibaba and Baidu Inc. to hardware companies like Asustek Computer Inc. Alibaba announced its LLM on April 11, saying it will...