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Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill With DeepMind-Powered AI

July 22, 2016 Arjun JS1 Comment

Google just paid for part of its acquisition of DeepMind in a surprising way. The internet giant is using technology from the DeepMind artificial intelligence subsidiary for big savings on the power consumed by its data centers, according to DeepMind Co-Founder Demis Hassabis. In recent months, the Alphabet Inc. unit put a DeepMind AI system in control of parts of its data centers to reduce power consumption by manipulating computer servers and related equipment like cooling systems. It uses a similar technique to DeepMind software that taught itself to play…

Reliance Jio claims 1.5 million test users on network, monthly consumption per user 26 GB

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Arjun JSinternet, relience jio, wifi0 comment

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, has claimed it has over 1.5 million test users on its network but did not specify a launch date for its commercial operations. “The average monthly consumption per user is in excess of 26 GB and is increasing rapidly. Average voice usage per month is over 355 minutes. The test programme will be progressively upgraded into commercial operations in coming months,” RIL said announcing the first quarter results. Reliance Jio, which is gearing up to launch its 4G services, said that…