Taiyo Yuden sees'scary' levels of AI parts demand risking supply chain Multilayer ceramic capacitors, which are tiny components that regulate and stabilize power flow in electronic devices, are becoming a growing bottleneck in the construction of artificial intelligence data centers. Taiyo Yuden is fielding "scary" levels of demand for its high-end artificial intelligence server components, stretching capacity and increasing the risk of supply chain hiccups. The Tokyo-based company, which makes multilayer ceramic capacitors, will likely need to accelerate spending to expand output capacity, Chief Executive Officer Katsuya Sase said in an interview. MLCCs, which are tiny components that regulate and stabilize power flow in electronic devices, are becoming a growing bottleneck in the construction of artificial intelligence data centers. Taiyo Yuden and Murata Manufacturing comprise the bulk of the world's supplies of high-end MLCCs. "The volumes we are seeing today -- it's scary," Sase said.

Stan Lee's voice and likeness have been resurrected, thanks to AI Stan Lee's voice and likeness have been resurrected, thanks to AI ElevenLabs can now offer the late Marvel icon as part of its AI-generated voice portfolio. Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee is the latest deceased celebrity icon who, thanks to the wonder of AI, can now keep entertaining fans from beyond the grave. Voice cloning specialist ElevenLabs has signed a deal with Stan Lee Universe that will allow it to use the X-Men and Spider-Man co-creator's voice and likeness in its apps and licensing platforms. Lee joins the likes of Judy Garland, Michael Caine, John Wayne and David Hasselhoff on the ElevenLabs Iconic Marketplace, where companies can license celebrity voices and IP for commercial use. The comic book pioneer, who in later life became just as famous for his reliable cameo appearances in Marvel movies, is also now part of the ElevenReader app, launched in 2024, where you can upload various text files and have them read aloud by an AI-generated narrator.

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Sam Altman Says AI'Jobs Apocalypse' He Once Predicted Probably Won't Happen. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Throughout his rise to becoming one of the most influential CEOs in artificial intelligence, OpenAI's Sam Altman made repeated bold assertions about the impact that the new technology would have on jobs. He has said that AI will "probably replace most of the jobs people do today," that entire job categories will be "totally, totally gone," and that those impacted by the dramatic shifts will "find all sorts of new things to do. Now, however, Altman appears to have changed his tune, saying he is "delighted to be wrong" about the impact AI would have on employment. I don't think we're going to have the kind of jobs apocalypse that some of the companies in our space advocate or talk about, he said during a virtual interview at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney on Tuesday. "I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than has actually happened, Altman said.

Elon Musk attends Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on 20 January 2025. Sam Altman attends a press conference at the White House on 21 January 2025. Elon Musk attends Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on 20 January 2025. Sam Altman attends a press conference at the White House on 21 January 2025. Musk and Altman's AI rivalry reaches boiling point as IPO race heats up Let's recap a whirlwind five days that may determine the future of AI.

Its first rollout includes over 650 long-form narrated articles. Spotify is expanding its offerings with a pretty wide selection of narrated long-form magazine articles from several publications that are most likely already familiar to you. The audio streaming service has announced that it's adding over 650 long-form articles to its audiobook library. While all the pieces it added are in the English language only, they will be available in all of Spotify's regions where audiobooks are available. The articles included in this rollout include pieces from and .

Countries including Japan see the ability to control chips, data centers and AI models as directly related to national resilience in a landscape dominated by U.S. and Chinese technology. Sakura Internet's chief said the company may need to hike its capital spending by nearly seven times its initial plan to keep up with artificial intelligence demand in Japan. The data center operator is eyeing an allocation of as much as ¥20 billion to ¥30 billion ($125 million to $190 million) this fiscal year, founder and CEO Kunihiro Tanaka said. That's above the ¥4.4 billion in the Osaka-based company's official capital expenditure plan announced last month. "AI server usage rates are 80% to 90%," Tanaka, 48, said in an interview.

NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67bn, creating a massive power company as the energy needs of artificial intelligence (AI) drive demand higher in the United States. It is one of the biggest proposed mergers so far this year and would create the world's largest regulated electric utility business by market capitalisation, the companies said on Monday. The region has a fast-growing population and the world's biggest data centre hub, which is in Virginia. The deal will enable a swifter build-out of power infrastructure to deliver electricity to data centres proposing to connect to NextEra and Dominion, which total about 130 gigawatts of electricity demand, the companies' executives said. One gigawatt can power about 750,000 homes. The merger builds on NextEra's efforts to tap into surging demand for supplying electricity to data centres developed by Big Tech, largely for training and rolling out AI technologies.

Tata-ASML deal: How significant is it for India's semiconductor push? India's Tata Electronics has signed a deal with the Dutch technology giant ASML (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) to build India's first front-end semiconductor fabrication plant as New Delhi pushes to develop a domestic semiconductor manufacturing base. Front-end manufacturing refers to the building of microscopic circuits onto a blank silicon wafer using specialised lithographic machines. ASML is a pioneer of lithographic technology used in the mass production of microchips across the world. Semiconductor chips power modern technology and are critical for everything from smartphones and cars to artificial intelligence systems and defence technology.

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