There are 19 article(s) tagged Artificial Intelligence:

• August 2025

  • Opinion: Words don’t just reflect hate, they give it permission

    “We must choose a different story. It is impossible to tell the story of Memphis without telling the story of the Jewish people who helped build it.”

    By G. Scott Morris 11 hours ago

• July 2025

  • XAI’s second data center to come online within weeks

    On Tuesday afternoon, a company representative, speaking on background, held a call with local reporters and took questions about the project.

    By Samuel Hardiman July 22, 2025

• May 2025

  • Chamber: xAI does not plan to use turbines at Whitehaven site

    Documents show artificial intelligence company xAI considered using dozens of natural-gas turbines to power the second data center. However, the Greater Memphis Chamber said the company is “is demobilizing turbines in Shelby County.”

    By Samuel Hardiman May 16, 2025

  • XAI removing some turbines in next two months

    XAI has operated the turbines currently running without an air-emissions permit — using a temporary-use exemption that allows the machines to run for the first 364 days without a permit.

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    XAI’s second data center could use enough electricity to power 40% of Memphis

    By Samuel Hardiman May 06, 2025

  • Former Fred’s HQ to become AI data center

    The data center is expected to create more than 250 direct and indirect jobs in the Memphis area, with an investment of more than $500 million.

    By Dima Amro May 06, 2025

• April 2025

  • AI-powered cameras are monitoring Downtown

    Downtown Memphis’ 63 artificial-intelligence-powered traffic cameras monitor activity down to the types of vehicles that pass through its streets daily and how fast they are going. The city plans to add about 200 additional cameras.

    By Aarron Fleming April 25, 2025

• March 2025

  • XAI building new data center in Whitehaven

    It sits a few hundred yards from the Tennessee Valley Authority Southaven Combined Cycle Plant. The plant will provide a power source for the energy-intensive data center.

    By Sophia Surrett, Samuel Hardiman March 07, 2025

• February 2025

  • XAI plans to use natural gas turbines long-term

    CTC Property, a subsidiary of xAI, applied for air-emissions permits for its fleet of natural gas turbines in January.

    By Samuel Hardiman February 13, 2025

• October 2024

  • Elon Musk’s AI chatbot doesn’t share his views about the 2024 election

    Musk has said he wants xAI to be the most “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence, its training not swayed by ideology. At present, its training appears to not be swayed by anyone, including Musk. 

    By Samuel Hardiman October 29, 2024

• September 2024

  • XAI supercomputer to double in size by year end

    Deemed Colossus, the xAI supercomputer is the “most powerful AI training system in the world,” Elon Musk wrote on X Monday, Sept. 2.

    By Sophia Surrett, Samuel Hardiman September 04, 2024

• June 2024

  • Guest Column: Memphis is now ground zero for AI arms race

    “Changing how the physical world operates is the real-world interface that will truly be transformative. Connecting the digital and physical worlds is possible and within grasp because of this AI computing center in Memphis.”

    By Eric Mathews June 22, 2024

  • U of M will invest $1M in AI ventures after xAI announcement

    Elon Musk’s investment triggered a response that will include new professors in traditional AI fields and incentives for others to align their research in AI applications. 

    By Jane Roberts June 06, 2024

• January 2024

  • Tennessee bill targeting AI is first of its kind in the US

    Dubbed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security — or ELVIS — Act, the bill represents one of the first attempts by a government to regulate artificial intelligence.

    By Ian Round January 16, 2024

  • Conaway: Love to hate to in-between, a mixed review in 15 seconds

    “I got in touch with Harry and told him my idea. Conduct an experiment. Submit my column ‘Pig Ultimate’ to ChatGPT and ask for three different 100-word reviews: one very positive, one negative and one balanced.”

    By Dan Conaway January 12, 2024

• December 2023

  • Hutchinson: Beware of AI scams

    The Federal Trade Commission is concerned that consumers will be mesmerized by such terms as “machine learning” and “neural networks” and fall prey to crooks who misrepresent or outright lie about how AI is used in their products.

    By Randy Hutchinson December 02, 2023

  • Conaway: AI knows too much

    AI already knows too much, and the controlled application of that knowledge is everything.

    By Dan Conaway December 01, 2023

• June 2020

  • COVID-19 speeds shift into brave new world of technology

    Benjamin Pring, co-founder of the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work, said COVID-19 has spurred faster adoption of virtual meetings, voice-recognition platforms and technologies enabled by machine learning.

    By Wayne Risher June 24, 2020

• May 2020

  • FedEx, Microsoft tag team to ‘revolutionize commerce’

    FedEx and Microsoft have formed a strategic alliance that company leaders believe will "revolutionize" commerce by giving businesses more visibility into and control of inventories and supply chains.

    By Wayne Risher May 18, 2020

• October 2019

  • AI software will alert MATA if driver dozes

    MATA could equip its entire fleet with safety software developed by a Memphis artificial intelligence company following a pilot program that launches in January.

    By Toni Lepeska October 31, 2019