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STORY: From why OpenAI might make its own chips, to the creation of bots free from human biases - this is Generation AI.

Sources say OpenAI is exploring becoming a chipmaker.

Boss Sam Altman has complained about supply shortages.

Acquiring a chip company could speed up the process of building a custom chip.

One source says the ChatGPT-maker has gone as far as doing due diligence on one target - although its identity isn’t known.

Researchers in the U.S. have used AI to design working robots from scratch within seconds.

It’s the first time the tech has created entirely novel bots, unbound by human ideas.

Researchers asked the system to design a robot that can walk on a flat surface.

Northwestern University Assistant Professor Sam Kriegman describes it as ‘evolution in action’:

“The AI starts changing the shape of the robot and repositioning muscles within its body so that it becomes better and better at walking.”

Meta is rolling out AI tools for advertisers, after recently launching a host of new chatbots.

The advertiser tools will be able to generate content like image backgrounds.

It’s the first time the Facebook and Instagram owner has bundled AI into tools for mining its vast trove of data to come up with new content.

AMD is trying to catch rival chipmaker Nvidia.

It plans to buy AI startup Nod.ai to bolster its software capabilities.

Nvidia’s built a powerful lead in the chip market through its software and developer ecosystem.

And analysts say losses in Samsung’s memory chip business look to be down.

The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker is focusing on higher-end chips used in artificial intelligence…

While scaling back on older legacy ones.