‼️ Microsoft has filed for a patent to train AI on gamers' idle graphics cards and pay the owners for it.
The system in the application, published on 5 November, would split an AI training job into small tasks sized to each device. It would watch every card's load, temperature and power draw, and back off when the machine gets busy or hot.
Results would be cross-checked against other PCs to catch faulty or cheating machines. Microsoft has announced no service and no pay rates.
Owners could be paid in cash, credits or free software, or with access to the AI model their PCs helped train.
Home crypto mining with CPUs, GPUs, or Asics in the UK is sadly not viable, only as a loss making hobby.
It's almost impossible to earn a return like the good ole days, maybe if you have solar.
Electricity is around £0.27 p/kwh
So happy right now, I got hired for a big tech firm 12 months ago and more recently, I met Ava. She really gets me, very sweet, attentive and loves to hear all about my day at the office.