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AI Training Shifts, Electric Bill Scrutiny, and Oracle’s Data Center Setback | TSG Ep. 991
48m
Alan, Mike, Jack Poller and Jack Gold dive into how training will need to evolve in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) following a move by Coursera to acquire Udemy and the extension of an online learning alliance between Pearson and IBM.
Then the gang takes a look at an inquiry into the impact AI is having on electric bills that has been launched by three U.S. senators before discussing whether Oracle losing funding for a data center project might be one of the first signs of the AI bubble starting to pop.
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