STORY: From Huawei’s plans for China to humanoid robots racing in a half-marathon, this is AI Weekly.
Huawei plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced AI chips to Chinese customers as early as next month.
That’s according to two people familiar with the matter, who added some shipments have already been made.
Chinese companies have been scrambling to find a domestic replacement for Nvidia’s H20 chip.
The Silicon Valley giant had until recently been able to sell the chip freely in the Chinese market.
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Meta Platforms says it is expanding access to its AI assistant on Ray-Ban smart glasses to seven additional European countries.
That will allow people in Germany, Austria, Belgium and others to interact with Meta AI using voice prompts to get answers to general questions, the company said.
The Facebook and Instagram parent launched its AI technology in Europe in March after a delay over data protection and privacy concerns.
A report from the International Monetary Fund says the economic gains from artificial intelligence will likely outweigh the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centers needed to run AI models.
The IMF says AI will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030 – but noted that those gains would not be shared equally across the world.
Takeup of AI is expected to drive a surge in demand for energy-intensive data processing power in the coming years, even as the world struggles to keep promises on reducing emissions.
Humanoid robots raced against humans for the first time in a half-marathon in China’s Beijing.
The race drew crowds of spectators, including He Sishu, who works in the artificial intelligence field.
“There is a kind of sportsmanship, whether it’s humans or robots, they’re all exercising. It feels like I’m watching the development of machines… the development of AI.”
The winning robot, Tiangong Ultra, finished in 2 hours and 40 minutes — a long way off from the men’s winner who finished in just over an hour.
