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Openai, the developer of Chatgpt, is considering ways to overcome the shortage of chips needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) product. One of the options that’s being discussed in the company, according to a recent media report, is to build its own powerful processor. Openai Reportedly Exploring Making In-house AI Chips to Deal With GPU Deficit AI research lab Openai is mulling over the idea to make its own processors, or AI accelerators, amid persisting shortage of the expensive hardware that it needs. Demand for specialized chips has soared since last year’s launch of its AI-based chatbot. A number of options have been discussed to solve the issue, among which acquiring a chip company and working more closely with chipmakers, not just the market leader Nvidia but other suppliers as well, knowledgeable source have told Reuters. Openai CEO Sam Altman, who has previously expressed concerns over the scarcity of graphics processing units (GPUs) and the associated costs, h

Warren Buffett’s right-hand man and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger, has expressed his belief that the majority of cryptocurrency investments will become worthless. Regarding bitcoin, the executive opined: “That was the stupidest investment I ever saw.” Charlie Munger Continues to Slam Crypto Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger expressed criticism toward cryptocurrencies once again during an appearance at Zoom’s Zoomtopia conference on Thursday. “Don’t get me started on bitcoins. That was the stupidest investment I ever saw,” Munger exclaimed when he was asked about his outlook for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He also predicted: Most of those investments are going to zero. The Berkshire executive has long been a vocal critic of cryptocurrencies. He previously called bitcoin “rat poison” and likened its trading to “trading turds.” In February, he said: “It’s just ridiculous that anybody would buy this stuff … It’s just unspeakable, it

Rising regulatory pressures may have limited crypto cards on offer but they remain a viable way to pay with coins where only fiat is accepted. With them, you spend crypto and that’s without the need to exchange it beforehand as it often happens when you want to pay with cryptocurrency in a fiat scenario. Crypto Cards — How They Work and What Are the Offerings in 2023 While not as immediate as most in the crypto community would like, crypto cards nevertheless present an opportunity to pay with decentralized digital money where merchants would only take dollars, euros or any of the other central bank currencies. Just like bank cards, crypto cards can come in physical, or plastic, and virtual form. The latter can be used to make payments online while the former can be also swiped or tapped at brick-and-mortar stores equipped with point of sale (POS) terminals. They are several types of crypto cards, which differ slightly from the regular ones. Credit crypto cards, for example, use de