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Weekly#621

  • OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that can do tasks on the web
  • Mark Zuckerberg: “…Meta is building a 2GW+ datacenter that is so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan. We’ll bring online ~1GW of compute in ’25 and we’ll end the year with more than 1.3 million GPUs. We’re planning to invest $60-65B in capex this year…”
  • The AI industry’s pace has researchers stressed
  • “…When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent. Two years later, DeepSeek exploded on the scene…DeepSeek’s engineers said they needed only about 2,000 specialized computer chips from the U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, in comparison to the as many as 16,000 chips needed by major American companies…DeepSeek-V3 Technical Report
  • World Economic Forum | Sessions
  • AI, tech and more at Davos 2025: What to know
    • “… 75% of organizations report an erosion of customer trust following a cyber incident, with damaging effects on business performance and brand reputation…”
    • “…By 2035, the space economy is set to reach $1.8 trillion up from $630 billion in 2023 and averaging a growth rate of 9% a year…”
    • “…By 2026, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts electricity consumption for data centres alone could reach 1,000 TWh – roughly the equivalent to the energy consumption of Japan…”
  • “…The researchers, who presented their work last month at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, wondered if they could control streetlights in Berlin to create a city-wide version…”
  • Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025…In a complex cyberspace characterized by geopolitical uncertainties, widening cyber inequity and sophisticated cyberthreats, leaders must adopt a security-first mindset…
  • Global Risks Report 2025

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