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Today we will discuss-

• 🙀South Korea's $7B bid for AI chip supremacy

• ⚖️Italy mulls stricter penalties for AI-related crimes

• 🥊Google reveals new AI chip to rival Nvidia 

• ⚙️9 amazing AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom?

South Korea to invest $7 Billion in AI to cement semiconductor dominance

☕News - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced a 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) investment in artificial intelligence by 2027. This move is aimed at ensuring the country remains a leader in cutting-edge semiconductor chips. 

This initiative, coupled with a 1.4 trillion won fund to support AI semiconductor companies, is part of South Korea's strategy to stay competitive against other nations such as the United States, China, and Japan, which are also heavily investing in strengthening their semiconductor supply chains domestically.

🤷‍♂️Why the focus on semiconductors? The focus on semiconductors is driven by their crucial role in sustaining South Korea's export-driven economy. For context, in march, chip exports soared to their highest level in 21 months, constituting nearly a fifth of the nation's total exports.  

During a meeting of policymakers and chip industry leaders on Tuesday, President Yoon described the current competition in semiconductors as both an industrial and geopolitical struggle. 

🥸What is the overarching objective though? South Korea aims to ramp up research and development in AI chips, including neural processing units (NPUs) and advanced high-bandwidth memory chips, through targeted investments and a dedicated fund, as outlined by the government. 

The country will also prioritize the advancement of next-generation artificial general intelligence (AGI) and safety technologies beyond existing models. 

Furthermore, President Yoon has set an ambitious objective for South Korea to rank among the top three nations in AI technology, particularly in chips, and to secure a 10% or greater share of the global system semiconductor market by 2030.

Italy drafts legislation proposing stricter penalties for AI-related criminal activities

👮‍♂️News - Italy is considering implementing stricter punishments for crimes committed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as market manipulation and money laundering, as outlined in a draft law bill obtained by Reuters. 

The bill, consisting of 25 articles, establishes guidelines for the research, experimentation, development, adoption, and application of AI in Italy to address its potential impact on fundamental rights and associated economic and social risks.

🧐What types of penalties are they looking at? The proposed draft law increases penalties for market manipulation conducted with AI tools and considers the use of AI in money laundering as an aggravating circumstance. 

Additionally, it establishes fines for copyright infringements using AI and introduces a potential maximum three-year prison sentence for individuals who employ such tools to impersonate others, specifically targeting the issue of harmful deepfakes.

📖What's more? The document, which may undergo further changes, proposes the use of AI tools in the healthcare sector and legal system, with a particular emphasis on their effects on employment conditions. Additionally, it lays the foundation for the development of a national AI strategy.

Italy's cabinet is anticipated to provide preliminary approval to the bill by the end of April, according to two government sources. Subsequently, the proposal will undergo further revisions and final approval in parliament before being enacted into law.

Google unveils first Arm-based chip to take on Nvidia in AI race

🥳News - On Tuesday, Google shared details about its new AI chips for data centers and introduced a central processor based on Arm architecture. 

🎀What's so special about it? Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) serve as a significant alternative to Nvidia's advanced AI chips, yet they're exclusively accessible through Google's Cloud Platform, rather than for direct purchase. 

Google intends to provide the Arm-based central processing unit (CPU) known as Axion through Google Cloud. The company claims it offers better performance compared to x86 chips and general-purpose Arm chips available in the cloud.

The company stated that the new TPU v5p chip is designed to operate in groups of 8,960 chips, delivering double the raw performance compared to the previous TPU generation. Google mentioned that it uses liquid cooling to ensure the pod operates at peak performance.

It added that the Axion chip delivers a 30% performance boost over standard Arm chips and achieves a 50% improvement compared to current x86 chips from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.

🙆🏻‍♀️What else is happening?

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• Elon Musk predicts superhuman AI will be smarter than people next year

• Stability AI brings 12B parameters to Stable LM 2 model update

• Jamie Dimon says AI may be as impactful on humanity as printing press, electricity and computers

• AI is now analyzing your garbage to reduce food waste

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