Hello and welcome to Eye on AI! In this edition…Governor Newsom vetoes SB 1047; ByteDance plans new AI model based on Huawei chips; Microsoft announces AI models will improve Windows search; and the U.S. Commerce Department sets a new rule that eases restrictions on AI chip shipments to the Middle East.
Cerebras has a need for speed. In a bid to take on Nvidia, the AI chip startup is rapidly moving toward an IPO after announcing its filing for one yesterday. At the same time, the company is also in a fierce race with fellow AI chip startups Groq and SambaNova for the title of ‘fastest generative AI.’ All three are pushing the boundaries of their highly-specialized hardware and software to enable AI models to produce responses using ultra-fast generative AI that even outperform Nvidia GPUs.
