The Transformers franchise has taken some intriguing turns on the screen in recent years. It has been extended in some strange and rather experimental directions that have raised a lot of confusion ...

In a striking act of self-critique, one of the architects of the transformer technology that powers ChatGPT, Claude, and virtually every major AI system told an audience of industry leaders this week ...

The iron-core transformer is the 140-year-old technology that props up both the electrical grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains why they’re still in use: If it ...

Data centers have become the largest driver of a surging electricity demand that is straining US power grids. But the AI data center boom has also accelerated investment in a technology that could ...