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❗️ Could AI cause a catastrophe? If powerful AI falls into the wrong hands, it could cause enormous loss of life, Bill Gates warned in an NBC interview. "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths. Even though it's pretty hard to get to 100%, there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools," Gates said. 💡 Gates is describing a risk, not predicting a catastrophe. He also argues that AI companies cannot be left to police themselves. Lawmakers and law enforcement, he says, should help establish mandatory safeguards and oversight. Should governments require AI companies to follow safety rules? ❤️ — Yes, oversight is needed 🔥 — No, companies can manage the risks themselves

🇨🇳 China may have a compute problem After years of trying to push Nvidia out of its AI industry, Beijing may now be preparing to let its biggest AI companies buy Nvidia chips again. The Information reports Alibaba, ByteDance and others are being asked how many RTX Pro 5500s they need. ByteDance alone could want around 1 MILLION. And these aren’t even Nvidia’s top AI chips. Nvidia reportedly plans to ship 500,000 per quarter to China, so ByteDance’s order alone could take two quarters to fill. Price: around $13,000 each roughly the same as Huawei’s Ascend 950PR. China wants to replace Nvidia, but AI demand is reportedly growing faster than domestic chipmakers can supply. Even Huawei is struggling to keep up. Nvidia says its share of China’s advanced AI-chip market has fallen from 95% to zero, while its current forecast assumes no China datacenter revenue. @aipost 🏴