Episode #250: ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI is thinking about making AI chips; Curl Patches Worst Security Flaw in Ages; Is OpenAI the Next Google

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Marcel Brown:  October 13th, 1983. Ameritech Mobile Communications executive, Bob Barnett, makes a phone call from a car parked near Soldier Field in Chicago, officially launching the first cellular network in the United States.

Edwin Kwan: Patches have been released for two security vulnerabilities affecting the Curl data transfer library, one of which could potentially result in code execution.

Katy Craig: OpenAI, a leading AI startup, is considering venturing into the development of its own AI chips. The reverse integration move aims to reduce dependency on GPU-based hardware, which has been strained by the generative AI boom.

Shannon Lietz: This essentially means that we're going to see AI be the beginning of the reunification of hardware and software. And ultimately, where I see cybersecurity getting built in is going to be in these mega players.

Olimpiu Pop: An analysis considers that they would need $ 48 billion worth in GPU chips and another $16 billion per year in maintenance costs. That's quite a pile of money, even for a company with a sack of gold. For this reason, also for the shortage of the GPU chips, OpenAI considers building their own.