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Example of premeditated deception from Meta’s CICERO in the game Diplomacy

AI Systems are Already Skilled at Deceiving and Manipulating Humans

CELL PRESS

Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. In a review article publishing in the journal Patterns on May 10, researchers describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to

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Date:

05/13/2024

Empower's New Ultra-low 1pH ESL Silicon Capacitor Tightens Voltage

Empower Semiconductor unveiled the largest silicon capacitor in its ECAP product family for high frequency decoupling. The new EC1005P is a single 16.6-microfarad (μF) capacitance device suitable for the most demanding power integrity targets as often found in high-performance systems-on-chip (SoCs). It

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Date:

05/06/2024

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Prepping the Labor Pool of the Future for AI

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Welcome to the May issue! Hopefully, none of you suffered ocular damage when three celestial bodies aligned, some folks prophesized the apocalypse, and others just shrugged their shoulders. Though given the higher-than-average education level of our readers, I’ll just assume most of you took proper

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Date:

05/01/2024

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The Challenge of Powering AI

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the May edition of Power Systems Design Europe. We are now getting very close to the biggest event in the industry in Europe. The PCIM exhibition and conference will be held in its usual location in the Nuremberg Messe from the 11th until the 13th of June this year. The organizers are promising th

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Date:

05/01/2024

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Figure 1: GenAI training GPU-based processor chiplet complex with high-bandwidth memories (HBMs) mounted on an accelerator module (AM)

GenAI – Helping to Tame the Most Power-Intensive Computing Application on Earth

Maury Wood, VP Strategic Marketing, Vicor

Training generative AI (genAI) neural network models typically take months, with thousands of multi-billion-transistor GPU-based processors, high-bandwidth SDRAMs, and terabit per second optical network switches operating simultaneously and continuously. While genAI holds the promise of increasing human productivity, it

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Date:

05/01/2024

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Figure 1: Improved I-V curves

Circuit Simulation Shapes Up for Energy-Conscious Design

Jeff Strang, GM Power Management, and Surinder P. Singh, Sr. Manager, Customer Design Tools, Qorvo, Inc.

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was created at Berkeley in 1970 and has become the reference for integrated circuit simulators, receiving an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing award in 2011. The ability to model components and simulate their behavior has empowered ge

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Date:

05/01/2024

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Figure 1: SPoE supplies up to 52W via a single 2-wire cable up to 1km in length

New Power Supply Concepts Needed for Intelligent Edge Sensors

Frederik Dostal, Power Management Expert, Analog Devices

A smart sensor is created by adding a microcontroller to the sensor. However, this unit has higher current consumption, so new concepts for supplying the higher current are required. This is especially true for existing industrial plants and infrastructure. The solutions should provide easy and secure means of

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Date:

05/01/2024

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

Powering AI

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The artificial intelligence (AI) market size is projected to grow from $515 billion in 2023 to over $2.0 trillion by 2030, according to a recent report by Fortune Business Insights. Deep learning algorithms, which are at the core of many AI applications, require vast amounts of data processing. This processing is

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Date:

05/01/2024

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

China Using AI to Influence American Politics

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

If there’s one antagonist you’d expect to exploit AI’s incendiary capabilities, it’s the People’s Republic of China. And so they have – this according to the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), which claims that China’s been using fake social media accounts and AI-generated images and memes to

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Date:

05/01/2024