AI data center boom sparks fears of glut amid lending frenzy
The broader AI universe has also been caught up in the worries, with circular deals and soaring valuations taking a toll on the bullish sentiment that once dominated.
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IBJ Podcast: You’re a skeptical, penny-pinching CEO. What are your first steps for adopting AI?
Company executives might believe they face high barriers—including cost, employee resistance and lack of technical expertise. But an expert on executive education says solutions are within almost anyone’s grasp.
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Lilly, Nvidia team up to build pharma’s ‘most powerful’ supercomputer
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said the supercomputer will power an “AI factory” designed to accelerate drug discovery and development.
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Q&A with Michael Collins: An unconventional path to a high-tech career
“I’ve had many mentors at this point—well-established engineers and professionals—and they have helped me learn a lot. And I think a lot of the things that I’ve learned from them are a lot more applicable than some of the things I would have had to learn in school.”
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IBJ Podcast: On the frontlines of adopting revolutionary AI as firms ask, ‘What’s in it for me?’
Businesses hear warnings that they need to take advantage of artificial intelligence or else drift into irrelevancy. But when cheerleaders say AI can make businesses more productive, what does that look like exactly?
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Entrepreneur Randy Stocklin joins Pragmatico as co-CEO, co-founder
Stocklin joins as Pragmatico, launched last year by serial entrepreneur Santiago Jaramillo, is shifting its focus from workshops to consulting.
Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups, have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Navigating AI’s impact, personally and professionally
The good news is that Indiana is an early adopter of AI tools in K-12 education.
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, strikes licensing deal
Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos, drawing from a library of more than 200 animated and creature characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, according to Disney.
NextEra raises bet on AI with Google, Meta and gas deals
The flurry of announcements underscores the energy industry’s intensifying focus on technology companies’ data centers.
Economic, tech experts talk AI at Elevate Ventures event
Artificial intelligence is spurring big investments, big opportunities and big disruptions, speakers said at an Elevate Ventures event Thursday afternoon in downtown Indianapolis.
Salesforce CEO vies to overcome investors’ AI skepticism while touting company’s quarterly numbers
Salesforce is projecting $60 billion in revenue for its fiscal year ending in January 2030–a target that would require average annual increases of 10% from its forecasted sales of $41.5 billion for its current fiscal year.
Purdue professor spearheads study of AI chatbot impact on well-being
The study’s goal is to also explore how these tools can be re-envisioned to promote long-term well-being and character virtues.
Companies push AI-assisted shopping tools for holiday season
Although AI-powered purchases are in early stages, techshopping assistants and agents rolled out by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and Google can do more than the chatbots of holidays past.
Technology turning farming into more attractive career for young people
“Like Star Wars”: Farm work is evolving from “labor-intensive, backbreaking manual labor” to “managing a swarm of robots.”
IBJ Media launches AI-related podcast
Hosted by entrepreneur Jayson Manship, “Authentic and Agentic” will explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, culture and daily life.
Bubble fears ease but investors still waiting for AI to live up to its promise
A stellar earnings report from Nvidia eased worries that the AI craze propelling the stock market and much of the economy for the past year is on the verge of a massive collapse.
Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
Critics say AI toys are often marketed as educational but can displace important creative and learning activities.
Major music labels strike deals with new AI streaming service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence tools.
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The proposed executive order comes after a split among Senate Republicans in July killed a proposal backed by the White House to block all state artificial intelligence regulation.
Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China
A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion.
Purdue to add AI competency as graduation requirement
The new AI competency requirement, which could launch as soon as next year, is part of Purdue University’s existing partnership with Google.
AI tools allow startups to drastically reduce their initial costs
Artificial intelligence is making it less expensive to start and operate a company—and potentially reducing these startups’ reliance on venture funding.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
Filed on behalf of six adults and one teenager, the lawsuits claim that OpenAI knowingly released GPT-4o prematurely despite internal warnings that it was dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative.