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Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 14 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

However, they are also specialized machines that are often only bought by institutions and large companies, so thieves would likely have a hard time selling them on the black market.

I'm sure Russian, North Korean and buyers from some other countries would care about that.

[–] wopalopa@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

its safe to assume those are the perpetrator. even north korea dont want to get left behind in the ai rat race i guess

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like North Korea probably couldn't even produce the necessary power to run an AI.

[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

they'll power it with 100,000 peeps on bicycles