Day: November 4, 2020

Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras

Posted on by Robin Edgar

This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents. Since Ring first made a splash in the private security camera market, we’ve been warning of its potential to undermine the civil liberties of its Read more about Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras[…]

Carbon footprint for ‘training GPT-3’ AI same as driving to the moon and back

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Training OpenAI’s giant GPT-3 text-generating model is akin to driving a car to the Moon and back, computer scientists reckon. More specifically, they estimated teaching the neural super-network in a Microsoft data center using Nvidia GPUs required roughly 190,000 kWh, which using the average carbon intensity of America would have produced 85,000 kg of CO2 Read more about Carbon footprint for ‘training GPT-3’ AI same as driving to the moon and back[…]