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A $7 trillion chips moonshot, AI-fueled cyberattacks, and Disney’s bet on gaming

Marketplace Tech

Marketplace

News, Technology

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On the show today, Microsoft says groups affiliated with the governments of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are using AI tools to improve their cyberattacks. Also, Disney is investing $1.5 billion in Epic Games. Can we expect a “Frozen” / Fortnite crossover? We’re not sure yet, but what we can expect is regulatory scrutiny. But first, in Silicon Valley, where software normally gets all the glory, OpenAI’s Sam Altman is reportedly planning a big move into hardware by raising up to $7 trillion for a new AI chips project. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali is joined by Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, for his take on this week’s tech news.

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0:00.0

From the meddling to the mundane, Microsoft reveals how cyber hackers abroad are deploying AI.

0:09.0

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech.

0:12.0

I'm Lily Dramale.

0:13.0

Using AI for

0:22.0

using AI for tasks like drafting emails and doing research is hardly confined to your

0:27.3

run-of-the-mill desk job.

0:29.3

Microsoft says groups affiliated with the governments of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea

0:35.1

are doing the same things, but they're using AI to get better at hacking.

0:40.0

We'll dive into that on today's Marketplace Tech Bites Week in Review.

0:44.4

Also, Disney is investing $1.5 billion in epic games.

0:49.2

Can we expect a frozen Fortnite crossover? I don't know, but we can expect regulatory scrutiny.

0:57.0

But first, in Silicon Valley software gets all the glory.

1:00.0

Sam Altman, though, is planning a big move into hardware.

1:04.5

The Open AI co-founder and CEO wants to raise up to $7 trillion for a new AI chip project.

1:12.0

Perez Devay, senior writer at Wired, join me to talk about it.

1:16.1

And if you watch this weekend review on YouTube, you know that we start with a number

1:20.0

we call our bite of the week. The number I have for you is 350. So that's the

1:25.2

number of facilities for manufacturing computer chips that Sam Altman could

1:29.9

build with the seven trillion dollars he's supposedly trying to raise to build these

1:35.5

kind of facilities. So that's 350 new places to build chips. To build these

1:40.6

semiconductor chips focused on AI development.

1:44.0

Seven trillion dollars. That number is so hard to wrap your head around and I was trying to think

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