Truncated: latest AI news

Saturday 7 November

How to invest in AI amid AI spending worries? By Investing.com

AI-generated summary UBS strategist Matthew Carter advises investors to diversify artificial intelligence exposure beyond major technology companies as rising capital expenditure prompts questions regarding financial returns. The bank has increased its aggregate artificial intelligence capital spending forecasts to $1 trillion in 2026, $1.4 trillion in 2027 and $1.5 trillion in 2028.

Gemini made my Nest speakers slower at turning on a light, so I gave the job to a voice assistant that never leaves my house

AI-generated summary Google integrated Gemini LLM infrastructure across its Nest hardware and smart home services, shifting basic operational tasks toward cloud-based natural language processing. The author notes that routing simple commands through Gemini adds latency and variable execution delays, prompting them to switch to Home Assistant.

Ollama was holding back my "weak" Intel GPU, and one swap turned it into a solid local AI setup

AI-generated summary An author testing local AI setups reports that replacing Ollama with a llama.cpp instance running on an Intel Arc A750 GPU improved performance. The source notes that using the Vulkan framework with specific flags helped achieve token generation rates around thirty-three to thirty-five tokens per second for Gemma 4 E4B.

Texas Governor-Elect Hinojosa Urged by CoreWeave to Support Data Center Growth

AI-generated summary CoreWeave Inc. sent a letter to Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa to seek collaboration on present and future data center projects in the state. CoreWeave co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Intrator stated that the company strongly supports the principle that data center growth must work for Texas.

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Seaport offers preliminary thoughts on Anthropic stock By Investing.com

AI-generated summary Seaport Research Partners published an initiation report discussing artificial intelligence developer Anthropic ahead of its anticipated initial public offering. The research firm notes that Anthropic is reportedly seeking a valuation between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion while transitioning to secure direct control over its data center infrastructure.