Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that two giant computing projects totaling more than $900 million in state and private-sector investment are coming to the Buffalo area, as advanced technology and especially artificial intelligence take on an increasingly prominent role in business and life in general.
Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle maker, will spend more than $500 million over five years to install the Dojo supercomputer it is developing at its RiverBend gigafactory in South Buffalo, Hochul said.
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And the governor confirmed that the University at Buffalo will be the home of the state’s $400 million Empire AI computing center and consortium that will focus on encouraging responsible research and development into the use, risks and opportunities for artificial intelligence.
“Whoever dominates the AI industry dominates the next era of human history,” Hochul told a packed audience at the UB Center for the Arts in Amherst Friday morning. “It is going to be the single-most consequential technological and commercial advancement since the invention of the internet.”
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