Billionaire Elon Musk's satellite network has helped the Amazon tribe make contact with the modern world for the first time, but there are also funny and funny problems.
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service has brought internet connectivity to more than 66,000 people in the Amazon rainforest, opening up many opportunities for employment, education and access to emergency services. However, an unexpected result has emerged: many young people in indigenous tribes have become addicted to watching "adult" movies online.
A corner in the Amazon rainforest with a Starlink receiving station. (Source: NYT)
According to the New York Times, some tribal leaders have expressed concern about this situation, especially about young people sharing sensitive images in chat groups and engaging in outrageous sexual behavior. heck. Besides, easy access to violent games and content not suitable for local culture is also a big concern.
Brazilian activist Flora Dutras advocates for indigenous people to have access to the internet, but also criticizes Starlink's implementation, saying that this is a form of imposing Western culture on other communities. native copper.
Although Starlink brings many benefits to the indigenous people of the Amazon, addiction to adult content is posing new cultural and social challenges.
Authorities and communities need to take appropriate measures to solve this problem, ensuring that the internet is used in a healthy and beneficial way for indigenous people.
Technology billionaire Elon Musk plans to spend billions of dollars to build a giant supercomputer system.
Billionaire Elon Musk has an ambitious plan to build the world's largest supercomputer in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The project was once known as the "Gigafactory of Compute" and belongs to the artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI founded by Mr. Musk.
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According to information from the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, this supercomputer will use a series of Nvidia's H100 GPUs, the most expensive and sought-after AI chips today. The project is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the city of Memphis and become the largest investment in the history of this city.
Billionaire Elon Musk is about to build a supercomputer factory project.
Billionaire Elon Musk is about to build a supercomputer factory project.
However, the project is still awaiting approval from authorities such as the Memphis Shelby County Economic Development Authority, the Tennessee Valley Authority and other regulatory agencies.
Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ted Townsend said xAI is making every effort to complete the project on schedule, with the goal of having the supercomputer operational by fall 2025.
This project was announced shortly after it was reported that Musk had transferred a large amount of Nvidia chips intended for use in Tesla to X, the social media company he owns, formerly known as Twitter. Mr. Musk explained that Tesla does not have enough space to store these chips, and delaying their use could affect Tesla's supercomputer development progress.
Late last month, xAI raised $6 billion in Series B funding, including $750 million personally invested by Mr. Musk and $250 million worth of computing power from X.
If approved, the supercomputer project in Memphis will be an important step forward in the field of AI, and affirm billionaire Elon Musk's ambition to promote the development of this technology.
