Analog ai

23 Aug 23

IBM’S AI Chip May Find Use in Generative AI

Computer & Information Technology

An artificial intelligence chip from IBM is more than a dozen times as energy efficient as conventional microchips at speech recognition. Many controversial AI systems, including ChatGPT and other large language models, as well as generative AI now used to create video and images, may benefit from the device.The accuracy…

11 Mar 23

Optical Algorithm Simplifies Analog AI Training

Computer & Information Technology

Researchers have developed a range of analog and other unconventional machine learning systems in the expectation that they will prove vastly more energy efficient than today’s computers. But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block. Researchers at NTT Device Technology Labs and the University…

02 Dec 22

Computing With Chemicals Makes Faster, Leaner AI

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

How far away could an artificial brain be? Perhaps a very long way off still, but a working analogue to the essential element of the brain’s networks, the synapse, appears closer at hand now. That’s because a device that draws inspiration from batteries now appears surprisingly well suited to run…