The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted...
Tag : boom
Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China
In the case of Manus, the competition is moving fast. Two of the most buzzy follow‑ups, Genspark and Flowith, for example, are already boasting benchmark...
The Download: The desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the foundations of a data...
The data center boom in the desert
“In the extreme case, at the end of the century, that’s pretty much all of winter,” says Sean McKenna, executive director of hydrologic sciences at...
China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
Now, his WeChat feed and industry group chats tell a different story. Traders are more discreet in their dealings, and prices have come back down...