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Soaring cost of chips will hit use of AI, warns Slack chief Lidiane Jones

The soaring cost of powering generative artificial intelligence could stifle its growth, according to Lidiane Jones, the new chief executive of Slack, the messaging business.

As demand for the technology expands exponentially, so too has the need for chips that are powerful enough to run it, known as graphics processing units (GPUs).

This has led to a shortage in supply of these specialised components, which in turn has pushed up costs for customers and is proving a major concern for technology companies.

In her first interview with British media since taking up the role, Jones said she was spending a lot of time thinking about this issue. “Will that limit how much customers will be able to adopt? And how do we ensure that the

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