New York Times: The White House has approved a secret $9 billion request to acquire the cutting-edge computer chips that America’s spy agencies need to tap into the full capabilities of the latest artificial intelligence models, according to current and former U.S. officials.
New A.I. models use enormous amounts of computer power, more than many technology experts anticipated even a year or two ago. That has fueled concerns in the White House and in Congress that a chip shortage is causing intelligence agencies to fall behind in testing and deploying the tools for top-secret espionage work, the officials said…