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📌 MAROKO133 Hot ai: China activates massive distributed AI system spanning 1,243 m

China just switched on what may be the world’s largest distributed AI supercomputer, and it spans more than 1,243 miles.

The country has activated a massive, nationwide optical network that links far-flung data centers so efficiently they can work “almost as a single giant computer,” according to Science and Technology Daily.

The system forms a 1,243-mile-wide pool of computing power capable of achieving 98 percent of the efficiency of a single data center, Liu Yunjie, chief director of the project and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the state publication.

China’s top computing facilities are scattered across the country. Connected through this new optical backbone, they can now act as a unified machine designed to accelerate AI model training and other compute-heavy research.

Nationwide compute fusion

Liu said the implications of this dedicated, high-speed “data highway” are “revolutionary for scenarios with extremely high real-time demands, such as AI large model training, telemedicine and the industrial internet.”

The backbone is part of the Future Network Test Facility (FNTF), China’s first major national infrastructure project in the information and communication sector. After more than a decade of development, it officially entered operation on December 3.

Researchers say the facility significantly cuts both training time and cost for AI models.

According to Liu, “Training a large model with hundreds of billions of parameters typically requires over 500,000 iterations. On our deterministic network, each iteration takes only about 16 seconds. Without this capability, each iteration would take over 20 seconds longer.”

He also noted that the platform is “ideally positioned to serve the national ‘East Data West Computing’ project,” which shifts data processing to China’s energy-rich western regions.

Decade-long national build

FNTF’s development began in 2013 as part of China’s long-term national science infrastructure roadmap.

The facility now spans 40 cities with more than 34,175 miles of optical transmission lines, enough to wrap around the Earth one and a half times.

Operating around the clock, it supports 128 heterogeneous networks and 4,096 service trials in parallel, making it one of the most extensive testbeds ever deployed.

The project team has created 206 international and domestic standards, secured 221 invention patents, and built what they describe as the world’s first distributed large-scale network operating system.

Liu said the network will eventually be opened to sectors including industrial manufacturing, energy, power, and the low-altitude economy.

Its capabilities were demonstrated at last week’s launch ceremony, when a 72-terabyte dataset from FAST, the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, was transmitted across 621 miles in just 1.6 hours.

Over the regular internet, the transfer would have taken about 699 days.

The ultra-fast transmission was enabled by a deterministic network channel that guarantees dedicated bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and near-zero packet loss.

When researchers overloaded a parallel 42 Gbps standard channel, speeds collapsed below 1 Gbps, while the 50 Gbps deterministic link stayed at full capacity.

A deterministic network operates “like a precise train timetable,” where every data packet arrives on schedule, state media reported.

Wu Hequan, another member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering involved in evaluating the project, told Science and Technology Daily that the technologies behind FNTF had already supported the development of 5G Advanced and 6G.

“Going forward, both research institutions and enterprises will be able to test various new technologies on this platform,” he said.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com

📌 MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: Please Enjoy Laughing at the Prediction Markets, in Full

Just as many had predicted, Time magazine once again took some liberties with its annual “Person of the Year” issue.

Besides blocking users from reading its website with an AI chatbot, the magazine anointed the “architects of AI” as its most important visionaries of 2025, eschewing the definition of “person” yet again.

The eyeroll-inducing announcement was met with plenty of incredulity, especially considering the astronomical amount of money being spent on building out data centers, their enormous carbon footprint, and a whole litany of other ethical conundrums that the embrace of generative AI has spawned.

One online group was particularly irked by Time‘s announcement. As author Parker Molloy pointed out on Bluesky, those who bet on who would be named “Person of the Year” on prediction markets were absolutely furious — perfectly illustrating the risks of throwing money at unregulated gambling websites.

“Someone please explain to me how this is not a trick?” one user complained after betting on billionaire Elon Musk on Kalshi. “Person of the year is a singular title…”

“This is actually so freaking stupid,” another user seethed.

Other users who had bet on “AI” argued that Kalshi owed them money.

“This pretty clearly should’ve resolved to yes,” one user wrote. “If you bought AI, reach out to Kalshi support because ‘AI’ is literally on the cover and in the title ‘Architects of AI.’”

Many argued it was stupid to bet on “AI,” given the purpose of Time‘s annual issue.

“Stop complaining AI didn’t win,” one user wrote. “AI was never going to win because of the technicality that Time would never state AI as ‘person of the year’ and would rather be ‘technology’ or some variant.”

The bet turned out to be a major driver, generating just shy of $20 million worth of bets since early November 2024. The clear frontrunner for most of the year was Musk, who was overtaken by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang following his pro-AI rallying cry during a keynote in Washington, DC.

“AI,” meanwhile, steadily rose in trading since May.

“If AI is Time Person of the Year for 2025, then the market resolves to Yes,” reads the rules summary. “If there is no Person of the Year (and instead many variations thereof, e.g. Entertainer of the Year, Hero of the Year), that is not encompassed in the Payout Criterion. If multiple persons win, all persons that are listed are encompassed within the Payout Criterion.”

A similar bet on Polymarket saw most money going towards NBA legend LeBron James and president Donald Trump. The comments section also turned into a flame war, with unhappy users accusing the site of a “rug pull.”

“Such a scam,” one Polymarket user complained. “If i would of known a new option would of been added that says effectively AI or EVERYONE ELSE I would of chosen that.”

Perhaps users on prediction market websites should’ve known better. Time magazine has a long history of making controversial choices for its splashy annual cover. Besides picking infamous leaders like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin in 1938 and 1939, respectively, the publication has also taken plenty of liberties in the past, stretching the definition of “person” to an extreme degree.

In 1960, for instance, it chose “US scientists,” which is arguably an even vaguer descriptor than the “architects of AI.” In 2006, it chose “you,” an infuriating and borderline nonsensical pick that was meant to recognize people who created user-generated content on then-ascendant social platforms like MySpace and YouTube.

Meanwhile, users on social media gleefully watched as prediction market users were having a meltdown.

“I can’t believe an unregulated gambling market let people bet frivolously and then took all their money,” one Bluesky user wrote.

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