The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models
New York has become the first state to implement a moratorium on large data center construction. Additionally, MIT Technology Review explores the development of 'world models' in AI and the impact of a global memory chip shortage on smartphone shipments.
Why it matters
Data center regulations reflect growing environmental and infrastructure concerns, while AI advancements and hardware shortages continue to dictate the trajectory of the tech industry.
Plus: New York has become the first state to enact a data center moratorium.
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When Anthropic announced last week that it had found a new window into its models’ “internal thoughts” as they reason through answers, there was one colleague I had to talk to: senior editor Will Douglas Heaven.
Aside from having a PhD in computer science, Will has spent a lot of time digging into what we can say about how AI models work. I spoke with him about what we should take from Anthropic’s new (and typically quirky) research. Here’s what he had to say .
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