Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x (opens original article in a new tab)

Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, developed an image-generation model called Un0 using a new oscillator-based architecture that could reduce AI power consumption by 1000 times. The company is building a new computing infrastructure with plans to release chip schematics and eventually provide AI compute capacity.

• Unconventional AI, led by Naveen Rao, developed Un0, an image-generation model using oscillator-based architecture
• The company claims their architecture could reduce AI power consumption by up to 1000 times compared to conventional systems
• Un0 runs on a software simulation of their oscillator chips, with plans to release actual chip schematics soon