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How AI’s Big Appetite for Chips Hits Consumer Wallets

How AI’s Big Appetite for Chips Hits Consumer Wallets

I’m a deals writer, but I love my tech, too. So when I read about AI companies hoarding computer memory and storage, I started worrying about my gadget habit — and asking questions. I talked to Rick Broida, a senior tech writer for Yahoo, and he said the issue caught

School district to ask Helena voters to approve $2.4M in tech, operational levies

Helena voters in May will have to decide whether to increase their taxes again to send about $3.4 million to Helena Public Schools after the school board recently unanimously approved three mill levies for the upcoming schools election. The bulk of the money — $2.4 million — that would come

‘Our North Star’: MSU starts developing next Strategic Plan

‘Our North Star’: MSU starts developing next Strategic Plan

MSU is currently gathering input for its next Strategic Plan through surveys, listening sessions and community conversations. The plan, which is set to be published Nov. 19, will help guide the University for the next several years. “Our Strategic Plan is our North Star. It is how we chart our

AI is Changing the Way We Practice Science — And That’s a Good Thing

For most of human history, we have used writing to document meaning. While our tools to do so have evolved, it has always taken our spirit — and hands — to write our experiences into existence. Soon, however, AI could be doing it for us. The benefits of AI are overshadowed by

CIA campus visit provides students with career information

MSU hosted representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Operations last week for a series of on-campus information sessions. The event, presented through Career, Internship and Student Employment Services at the Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success, was designed to give MSU students access to information about

MSU research team partners with NASA to send computer to the Moon

MSU research team partners with NASA to send computer to the Moon

Over the last 12 years, MSU students and faculty have been designing, building and testing a computer aimed to better handle radiation-related disruptions in space. This spring, the computer will be shipped off to NASA, which will take it to the moon in 2023 aboard the XL-1 Lander

Astro Weekly: The AI Function

Right now, as you read this, there are hundreds of brilliant human minds working tirelessly in an attempt to create artificial intelligence (AI). Even more individuals are working on creating technology that will assist in achieving this goal. As computing power doubles every two years (Google “Moore’s Law”), we