Paul Stenhouse: Meta builds data centres in tents and is working on an AI pendant, Google and the FBI warn of ransomware gangs

The pace of AI development is nuts   Something caught my eye this week that shows just how furious the AI race is becoming: Meta is so desperate for more data centres that it’s constructing tents while the proper data centres are built. There are now five 12,000 square meter tents erected at a site in Ohio. They build these “rapid development structures” to house likely billions of dollars' worth of chips. A proper data centre can take years to build – they get these live in three months. They build ‘off the grid’ gas-turbine power stations beside them too.      Meta’s next product: an AI pendant   According to reports, it’s planning to start testing the device early next year. There have been AI pendants hit the market that haven’t taken off. Unsure if it’s because they’re not actually useful, or because people have privacy concerns about a device listening to everything you say. OpenAI is also working on a device with Apple’s former designer Jony Ive.       Google and the FBI are warning of something that sounds like it’s straight from a movie   US law enforcement is warning about ransomware gangs sending fake IT workers to offices to try and steal data. The group has been targeting law firms – turning up and social engineering their way to the laptops of victims and then connecting USB drives or using remote access tools to save data.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.