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Microsoft’s power move, Dreamforce takeaways and Amazon’s new co-pilot

Stay updated on AI, tech trends, and business insights—Microsoft’s power move, Salesforce’s AI tools, job market shifts, and more.

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Malcolm Frank, CEO
September 23, 2024

A Note from Malcolm

They’re reopening…what?  Three Mile Island?  

Indeed. Constellation Energy, on behalf of Microsoft, is reopening the site of America’s greatest nuclear disaster.  

Why? To deliver against the soaring energy demands of AI. To put things in perspective:

  • America’s 2,700 data centers (run mostly by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft) consumed 4% of the nation’s electricity in 2022.  That’s projected to grow to 10.4% by 2030.

  • A single data center can consume as much power as 80,000 homes.

  • A ChatGPT query uses 10x the electricity of a typical Google search. 

Oh, but don’t worry.  Three Mile Island is being rechristened as The Crane Clean Energy Center.  

On that note, here’s the latest at the intersection of AI and work.  

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power data centers

All of the power generated will be purchased by Microsoft.

Microsoft, BlackRock form group to raise $100 billion to invest in AI data centers and power

Nadella said the initiative brings “together financial and industry leaders to build the infrastructure of the future and power it in a sustainable way.”

WSJ: Tech jobs have dried up and aren’t coming back soon

Employment for software engineers has cooled as resources shift toward developing artificial intelligence.

Salesforce’s Dreamforce 2024: 5 key takeaways

The annual event included the debut of Agentforce as well as free AI training and certifications.

A deep dive on OpenAI’s o1

“An alien of extraordinary ability.”

LinkedIn is training AI models on your data

You’ll need to opt out twice to stop LinkedIn from using your account data for training in the future — but anything already done is done.

Google announces $120 million fund for global AI education

Looking to avoid an emerging “AI divide” across the globe.

Billionaire tech CEO: bosses shouldn’t ‘BS’ employees about the impact AI will have on jobs

People are “too smart” to accept artificial intelligence won’t alter their work environment.

Amazon announces Amelia: AI assistant for third-party sellers

A co-pilot to advise sellers and act on their behalf.

One in five UK doctors use AI chatbots, study finds

The potential to revolutionize patient care but also raises significant ethical and safety concerns.

Tool of the Week: DataRobot

AI platform for data professionals to build machine learning models.

John Wick studio Lionsgate sparks backlash with deal to train AI model on its film and TV library

The deal gives AI firm Runway access to Liongate’s massive film and TV library. 

UPenn: AI can easily take over high paying jobs that require years of training 

Study finds developers, lawyers and pharmacists particularly at risk.

Banks pivot to AI

One-third of banks are redirecting CX budgets towards GenAI and ML.

Apple Intelligence: Its biggest features and when you can expect them

From writing tools to mail summaries and photo image cleanup.

Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses

Employees are using GenAI primarily for spelling and grammar checking while business chiefs are using it for data analysis. 

And one more thing…

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