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OpenAI CEO says AI could solve major global problems with enough computing power

OpenAI Releases New Model
  • Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has claimed that artificial intelligence could be close to curing cancer.
  • He predicted that with 10 gigawatts of computing power, AI could solve some of the world's biggest problems.
  • OpenAI aims to build a factory capable of producing a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week, though this is expected to take years.
  • Altman's comments follow OpenAI's recent landmark AI infrastructure deal with Nvidia.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the partnership as the 'biggest AI infrastructure project in history', with the first data centers expected online in the second half of next year.
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